Mylinh's Journey

Only two years of age, Mylinh plays by the door waiting for her father to return home. After hours of waiting, Mylinh’s father doesn’t return and her mother grows worried. Soon after, their household receives a phone call. Mylinh is hit with a hard blow, a pain she will endure forever. Her father has been executed by the communists. Too young and innocent to realize what had just happened, she returns to play by the door. Only two years of her life had been spent with him, and even those had been brief due to his frequent departures for the army. As a result, she never had a chance to get to know her own father. After this incident, she needs time to heal the wounds, but Mylinh comes back stronger. In 1967, in the heart of Vietnam, Mylinh