Hlub Hauv Npaus Suav Summary

Hlub Hauv Npaus Suav Summary 

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Muaj Tsim (Nuj Sua Lis) repeatedly dreams of a beautiful young woman. In each dream, he remembers her name—Laim Txias. Though he has never met her in real life, he slowly falls in love with the girl who appears in his dreams. One day, he sketches her face onto a poster board, hoping to preserve the memory of someone he cannot explain but feels he already knows.

Later, Muaj Tsim moves to a remote highland village, where he serves as a doctor for the local villagers. One day, while taking a break from his duties, he notices a young woman swimming in a nearby lake.

He is stunned.

She looks exactly like the girl from his dreams.

Believing that he has finally found Laim Txias, Muaj Tsim calls out to her and runs after her. But before he can reach her, she disappears from sight, leaving him wondering whether the woman he has dreamed about for so long was ever real—or whether fate has simply given him a glimpse of someone he was never meant to find.

Hlub Zaum Ob Recaps Part 2

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SPOILER ALERT: If you plan on buying/watching this movie (which you should to support our Hmong film industry), and does not wish to be spoiled then please don't read on.

Part 2 opens with Nkauj Hli's maternal first cousin, Pov, and his relatives negotiating with Nkauj Hli's parents for her hands in marriage.  Nkauj Hli comes into the room, only to have her father tell her that he has given his approval for a wedding between Pov and her.  Her elder uncle reminds her to accept the outcome because as a Hmong girl, whether it be today or another day, she will leave her family to marry into the family of another clan so she shouldn't object to Pov's marriage proposal.





Nkauj Hli looks upset and her mother tries to comfort her by telling her that her father is only doing what is best for her future.  Nkauj Hli cries, not wanting to marry Pov.  She tells her mother that if she is forced to marry Pov, she would rather die.  She charges out of the room in tears.

3 Leej Neeg 2 Txoj Kev Summary

3 Leej Neeg 2 Txoj Kev

According to the cover, this movie is based on a true story.  It takes place in Laos circa the Vietnam War era.  It starred Tshaus Hawj as Tshia Nag, Txam Thoj as Tshaj Meej, and Nuj Nraim Thoj as Chiv Feej.

Summary:

Tshaj Meej and Tshia Nag grew up together, and were very good friends.  They both harbored feelings for one another, but both couldn’t bring themselves to openly confess their love.  Since Tshaj Meej was an orphan, he felt that he was inferior and didn’t deserve a girl from a well-off family like Tshia Nag.  So after Tshia Nag’s father died from a stroke, she married the soldier—Chiv Feej instead.

Hlub Zaum Ob Recaps Part 1

Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended.  This film belongs to LEGEND-PICTURE Hmong Intertainment. 

Hlub Zaum Ob (2012) is a newly released film produced by LEGEND-PICTURE Hmong Intertainment (I believed the "I" in Intertainment is purposeful, not errorneous).  The story takes place in modern Vietianne as well as a countryside in Laos.  Meej Vaj and Sunny Yaj starred respectively as Yeej and Nkauj Hnub/Nkauj Hli.

When the movie opens, we are taken into the dream of the main protagonist, Yeej.  In his unconscious state, Yeej's late wife, Nkauj Hnub, calls for him.  He approaches her and wants to take her home but she retracts, reminding him that she is no longer human.  She informs him that she has come to see him for the last time, and asks him to take good care of their daughter.  Then she vanishes, leaving him devastated. 

At the moment his late wife's spirit fades away with the thin air, another woman walks toward him.  He looks up, unable to see her face clearly and then his phone rings and he wakes up.  His boss (I assume) tells him that he needs to travel away for work for a couple of days. 

Neeg Lub Neej Summary

Before I dive into more recently released, new, and upcoming Hmong movies, I wanted to share summaries of some past releases that remain favorites of mine. Therefore, I’m beginning with the original classic, Neeg Lub Neej, starring Lou Thao as Nkauj Ntsum and Khoua Yang as Tub Tuam.

Summary

Nkauj Ntsum and Tub Tuam dated and soon married. They each found successful careers and built a comfortable life together. However, there was one thing they did not have: children.

One day, Tub Tuam's mother pulled him aside and told him that she had spoken with their relatives. They all agreed that although he and Nkauj Ntsum were well-off, they needed children for their family to have a happy ending. Tub Tuam told his mother that, no matter what anyone said, he refused to take a second wife because he loved Nkauj Ntsum dearly. His mother, however, insisted that he should remarry. Tub Tuam said that before taking such a step, he wanted to make sure through medical testing that Nkauj Ntsum truly could not have children.

[Hmong New Film] Hmong Blood For Freedom Trailer

I was on the Hmong section at asianfuse the other day and saw someone post up Suab Hmoob Radio's interview with Wisconsin-based Hmong filmmaker/director Pov Hwm Vaj about his new 2012 film project, Hmong Blood For Freedom.  I watched the interview clip, although not thoroughly because there was a lot of talking only and no previewing of the film.  My reaction was that it was great to see this Hmong guy making another film and he's collaborating with folks from the Thai entertainment business as well.  I just hope that the film isn't draggy like Vaj Tuam Thawj (I don't care too much about overloaded fight scenes) nor weak in plot like Hlub Tshaj Txoj Sia. 

From the same interview, we are also informed that the film will focus on a conflict between the ethnic Thai and the original Hmong of Thailand.  My thought was that it was not a very exciting nor appealing topic.  In my limited comprehension of the history of the original Hmong of Thailand, they seemed to have a rather more stable political atmosphere compard to the Hmong Lao and one of their prime issues often conveyed through the media was their growing of opium during the Vietnam War era.  To me, I feel like the subject of a drug war is redundantly portrayed in Thai films/lakorns.     

Then, my sister e-mailed me a link to the trailer (below) and after watching it, I am more enthusiastic about the movie now (although Vaj Tuam Thawj's trailer looked promising too when I first saw it, but after purchasing the film, I couldn't bare to sit down and watch through the 3 hours or so of gruelsome fight scenes).  But so far, Hmong Blood For Freedom seems to be on a higher-quality level (even the English subtitles are more grammatically correct) so let's hope for the best in terms of its ability to carry itself as a poignant film that can convey it's message well. 

Based on the trailer and what I saw/heard of the HBC interview of the lead actress, I pieced a rough synopsis of the film together (below).  [Sorry if it's not accurate]  The film is being shown today, May 2, 2012, at Saint Paul's International Film Festival so maybe whoever is lucky enough to watch it can shine some light on the actual storyline.

(I will do a better review of the film once I see it...which probably won't be until later this year when the DVD format is released.  But everyone, give your support to this film in spite of its outcome so that more quality Hmong films may continue to roll in our direction.)