‘Sweet 20’ returns to Little Saigon for encore screening

Thuy Phan/Nguoi Viet

After the success and popular demand of the film screened during the Viet Film Fest, the movie is coming back for an extended run this Friday, April 21 until April 28. The movie will play at AMC Orange 30 located at 20 City Blvd W. in Orange.

Actress Miu Le stars in “Sweet 20”, Vietnam’s highest grossing film of all time. (Photo: Courtesy CJ Entertainment)

To date, “Sweet 20” is Vietnam’s highest grossing film of all time and reached over $4.7 million at the box office since its December 2015 release. This remake of the popular Korean film “Miss Granny” made its North America debut on March 11, 2016.

The movie centers around Mrs. Dai, a foul-mouthed 70 year-old widow lives with her only son and his family. She is very proud of her son (Quang) and indulges her grandson (Tung), but is very strict with her depressed daughter-in-law (Vy). After Vy’s sudden heart attack, Mrs. Dai is shocked and saddened to discover that her son partially blames her for the incident and wants to send his mother away to the countryside in order to give his wife some space. 

Heartbroken, Mrs. Dai wanders the streets and stumbles upon a mysterious photo studio. She decides to go in to take a photo that can be put on her altar after she dies. Stepping out of the studio, Mrs. Dai soon realizes that she has magically turned into a beautiful 20-year-old girl. Mrs. Dai takes a new name, Thanh Nga, after her favorite pop idol, and decides to make her dreams come true.

“The movie reminded me of my grandmother and how she sacrificed her whole life for my family,” Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh shared.

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