Heaven & Earth (1993)
An amazing true story of survival.
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert John Burke, Timothy Carhart
Directed by Oliver Stone
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
Runtime: 140 min.
Rating: 6.5
DVD
Languages: English,Vietnamese
Countries: France,United States of America
Genres: Action,Drama,History,War
Keywords: vietnam,vietnam war,saigon,biography,interracial relationship,based on memoir or autobiography,dog,immigrant experience
Cast
Steve Butler
Paul
Big Mike
Young Sergeant
Le Ly
Eugenia
Papa
Mama
Sau
Viet Cong Captain
Madame Lien
Anh
Bernice
Uncle Luc