美国女儿越南妈妈 Daughter from Danang(2002)
导演: Gail Dolgin Vicente Franco
主演: Mai Thi Kim Heidi Neville-Bub 杰拉尔德·福特
制片国家/地区: 美国
上映日期: 2002-11-16
片长: USA: 83 分钟 IMDb: tt0303281 豆瓣评分：8.2 下载地址：迅雷下载
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非常纠结 1975年，一个叫做Operation Babylift的美国组织将一批一批的越南孤儿送往美国，并安排他们被美国家庭领养。Heip是越南战争时期越南妇女与美国士兵生下的混血儿。不是严格意义上的孤儿，但她被越南母亲送进了孤儿院，因为当时流传说共产主义会将这些“资本主义产物”给处理掉。Heip就这样来到了美国，还是美国田纳西州。养母只身一人将她带大，并且想尽一切办法将她美国化。只是养母并不是一个很懂感情交流的人，在Heip大二一次晚归之后，竟然一气之下要断绝关系。正是这件事引发了Heip对寻根的期待。 终于，Heip回到了越南，见到了生母以及她的哥哥姐姐。她妈妈懂一点英文，见到22年未见的女儿又是亲又是吻的，看得我有点惊讶：原来越南人用很多肢体接触来表达感情的啊！ 可是他们终究算是“陌生人”。而Heip也是被很彻底的美国化了。相处一周多，足以将初见的激情磨灭。取而代之的是现实的压力和分歧。 越南的近代史相当悲惨，致使越南家族形成了一旦是出去了的条件好一些的家庭成员，都需要给整个家族以支持，最主要是以经济支持。Heip的哥哥在类似于“家庭会议”的场合提出了希望她赡养母亲支持全家的希望（他们之间交流需要翻译，所以这也可能是他们无法很好互相理解的原因之一），Heip竟然流泪离开，一个劲地说"I cannot do this anymore"。连母亲过去安慰时她都将母亲推开说"Don't touch me"。结局不能说是不欢而散，但是回到美国的Heip没有和在越南的他们保持联络。虽然她自己说"I just closed the door. I didn't lock it"，我认为也只有她自己才能打开那扇门。 个人命运与国家历史的纠缠 亚洲文化与欧美文化在对家庭负责任问题上的分歧 想得到家人的爱又不想付出，或者说是在该如何付出上无法达成共识 越来越体会到其实亚洲国家的人民的经历还是有不少共同点的 I wish one day I can proudly say something like "my continent" :-) Like what Felipe said about South America and what Michael said about Europe 加油 ASIA！
Story Structure
history context
scenes where children were taken away
mom in pain
daughter wants to find mom
they recall the history
the day she was taken away
workers at the us orphanage
families being induced to give up cihldren: 家长被劝服的场景
said children would come back but didn’t; lied about airplane crush
adopted to new family
cat into washing machine
learn english
girl scout teacher
family and teachers make her american
her husband didn’t know she was vietnamese
racisicm;kkk
not supposed to talk abour origin ny her ado mom
mom misses her, wanted to go to us
a journalist’s friend interviewed the mom; she called the adoption agency
22 looking for mom
got her mail, picture
d went to vietnam
learn vietnamese: mom i love u
vietnam: streets
how she felt
tried outfits
[why 不接着讲，而是后面才讲见面？]
mom dreamed of daughter
daughter thought it would be healing
meeting at airport: tear and smile
go to their house
saw family pic
sister bro talking
heidi wants a loving mom
adpt mom
she was not close to her
adp beat her
breakup【！！！】
gift for her birth mom
how could i love a person i don’t know; but her birth mom said she loved her
meal
back to orignial place where she iived as a child
was not used to touch but all her relatives touched her
shock that family is close
father was in military and her husband
dad was american
mother’s husband joined the communist
[啥？？有俩男人？]
and he just left
she worked at the american base
He left four month before she knew she was pregnant
bro:I was miserable when Hiep was born
husband came back
war
Vietnam dad would have raised her up
can’t imagine life here
she felt grateful about her gave up her
sisters even didn’t go through 6th grade
her sister asked for help and money[!!!!]
Hiep thought her mom was kind and loving but also aggressive
she felt like she was the parent, mom was too close
but mom just wanted to be with her
买菜的分歧：一个想走一个想慢慢逛
meal cook
homesick of us
want to leave vietnam
departure
her bro wants her to take her mom to live with her in us and take care of her
wants her to support her mother
[!!!!]
if she wants to look for her father or not
back home
vietnamese family thought they only did what they needed to say: people who are better off should take care of the family
2 years later
But you [adp mom] are who I know【！！！】
she didn’t not contact her original family
I closed the door for them but I didn’t lock the doo
- 天真的女主人公Hiep满心欢喜踏上寻根之旅。坐上去越南的飞机前，从她紧张地挑选衣服，捣鼓发型，在飞机上向邻座学习越南语的问好，可以看出她还是十分重视这次的重逢。
只是Hiep对生母的感情也许并不及生母对她的十分之一。生母的感情里夹杂了后悔、怜爱、和二十多年的思念。所以一见面后，生母不住地亲她的脸颊，多少的触碰都不够。
短短七天的相处，两人之间的交流是很少的。
生母希望能和她多一些交流，让她们互相了解彼此。
Hiep希望能快点回到美国，过回原本的生活——这里的一切开始让她觉得难以想象和难以忍受。
影片的最后，在哥哥要求Heip出钱赡养母亲时，Heip终于忍无可忍，伤心地大哭，消极地抗拒。她难以理解自己陌生的家人突然让自己背负的责任和枷锁。
看着崩溃大哭的女儿，母亲只能强忍自己的伤心，安慰女儿说她能够理解文化的差异所带来的误解，支持女儿按照自己的想法来。
于是影片以Heip飞回美国、母女从此不再往来为结局。
纪录片的最后远在越南的母亲端着凉了的米饭坐在窗前，不知在看着什么，很憔悴的样子。
可以说在这场亲情与文化的较量中没有输赢，就像最后母亲所说：二十年前我将你遗弃，而二十年后你也将我遗弃，我们谁也不欠谁了。