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| Directed by | Stephane Gauger |
| Produced by | Quan Van Nguyen Nam Nhat Doan Timothy Bui Ham Tran |
| Written by | Stephane Gauger |
| Starring | Cat Ly Le The Lu Pham Thi Han |
| Music by | Peter Nguyen |
| Distributed by | Annam Pictures Wave Releasing |
| Release date(s) | 16 January 2009 |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Language | Vietnamese |
Owl and the Sparrow (Cú và chim se sẻ in Vietnamese) is a 2007 film by Stephane Gauger that follows the fictional story of three Vietnamese individuals (a runaway child, a zoo keeper and a flight attendant) over a period of five days as they meet in Saigon.
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The movie premiered in January 2007 at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, before playing in over thirty film festivals worldwide.
The movie was released theatrically in Japan as The Happiest Place in the World, South Korea as The Lovely Rose, and Spain as Cinco dias en Saigon.
In the United States, it opened in limited release on January 16, 2009. Image Entertainment is scheduled to release the DVD in May 2010.
Owl and the Sparrow won awards such as best narrative feature at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the audience award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, and the emerging filmmaker award at the 2007 Starz Denver Film Festival.
Director Stephane Gauger was nominated for breakthrough director at the 2007 Gotham Awards, and for the John Cassavetes award at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.
The movie received positive reviews in the U.S. and currently holds a 76% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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