Mai Ka Nguyen

Don’t Cry, Butterfly

In a suburban town near Hanoi in the early 2000s, housewife Tam finds out that her husband is cheating on her. Instead of confronting him, she voodoos her husband back into love.

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

After a Vietnamese woman dies in a car crash in Saigon, her brother-in-law and her young son transport her body back to the former’s hometown in rural Vietnam, where they plan to give her a funeral.

A Trip to Heaven

During a peculiar bus tour to the Mekong Delta, the 50-year-old Mdm. Tam bumps into her high school sweetheart. She's hopeful for a chance at reconciliation, but he might not be.