Heaven & Earth (1993)
overview : 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.
Release Date : Dec 25, 1993
Runtime : 2h 20m
Genre : History War Action Drama
Companies : Warner Bros. Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films, Ixtlan Productions, New Regency Pictures, Todd-AO, TAE, Le Studio Canal+
Countries : France, United States of America
Keywords : vietnam war, vietnam, war crimes, saigon, biography, based on true story, interracial relationship, domestic violence, based on memoir or autobiography, dog, immigrant experience, vietnamese woman