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| The fragile rice had to be planted and transplanted several times. Our rice paddies were always near the cemetaries, because we believe the spirits pass through the soil into the rice. So the new generation in eating the rice was sharing in the spiritof their ancestors. Then one day in the Summer of 1953 the French came.... |
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| Le Ly meeting Sgt. Steve Butler in Saigon | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Many years later in the 1970's Le Ly returns again to Vietnam and to her beloved home. She spends some time with her Mother, surviving brothers and sisters and pays her respects to all the dead of the village. |
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| Heaven and Earth is a truly moving and inspirational movie. I cannot recommend it enough. Isisdownunder April 2003. |
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