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Owl and the Sparrow
Directed by
Stephane Gauger
PG
2007
1h 37m
Drama
7.4
79%
81%
6.3
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In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
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Cast of Owl and the Sparrow
Cat Ly
Lan
Lê Thế Lữ
Hai
Han Thi Pham
Thuy
Nguyễn Hậu
Uncle Minh
Trong Hai
The Captain
Teresa Michelle Lee
Bartender
Hoang Long
Soup boy
Bui Thi Noan
Orphan director
Danvy Pham
Dancer
Nguyen Kim Phuong
Phuong
Le Nguyen Vu
The magician
Stephane Gauger
Director / Writer / Producer
Nguyen Van Quan
Producer
Đoàn Nhật Nam
Producer
Owl and the Sparrow Ratings & Reviews
Behind The Lens
Debbie Lynn Elias
A skilled writer with a clear vision and a kind loving touch, Stephane Gauger's Owl and the Sparrow, will fill your heart with joy.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Director Gauger sees to it with a light, wistful touch plus a maximum of Vietnamese local color.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A captivating and engrossing drama brimming with genuine warmth and tenderness as well as a charismatic, radiant and heartfelt performance by newcomer Pham Thi Han.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
A pleasant change of pace to see a film set in Saigon which isn't a high body-count splatter flick about the ravages of the war in Indochina. Worthwhile if only for the reminder that the Vietnamese are people, too!
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
By taking a fairly unromantic approach to the standard strangers-meet-in-a-cold-world premise, writer-director Stephane Gauger crafts a lovely, lovelorn fable.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Owl and the Sparrow is a beautifully com posed romance from Vietnam.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
Stephane Gauger's debut feature, Owl and the Sparrow, is a charming little movie, nothing more.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
An enchanting story of a homeless girl on the streets of Saigon who has a big heart and a yearning to be accepted for who she is.
Village Voice
Tim Grierson
Owl and the Sparrow is yet one more film that preaches the importance of opening your heart and reaching out to those around you, but that treacly sentiment is nicely undercut by the unvarnished naturalness of the actors.
Slant Magazine
Andrew Schenker
For better and (largely) for worse, Stephane Gauger's Ho Chi Minh City-set Vietnamese-language debut Owl and the Sparrow is defined by its Amerindie aesthetic.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
A simple Vietnamese story well told, one that evokes images of Truffaut and Panahi.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The principal actors all do a nice job, but a special commendation goes to young Han, a Saigon resident with some experience onstage.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
The movie doesn't play as saccharine as it sounds, but gentle sentimentality runs this show nonetheless.
Internet Reviews
Steve Rhodes
... a slice of relatively uneventful life in Vietnam. ... I never cared about any of the characters or about the predictable story.
TheDivaReview.com
Diva Velez
Hypnotic, heartfelt character study at its gentlest and most charming. I was so enrapt in this tale of a little girl and the new family she finds that my natural cynicism didn't stand a chance.
Boxoffice Magazine
Wade Major
Smartly balancing earnest sentiment with an unvarnished look at contemporary Vietnamese life, [Director Stephane] Gauger deftly bridges cultural, emotional and artistic barriers while remaining true to a uniquely Asian aesthetic.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
What [director] Gauger has created is a quietly affecting fairy tale.
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