Heaven & Earth
An amazing true story of survival.
An amazing true story of survival.
Action, Drama, History, War
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1993
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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.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
140 min
Release date:
24 Dec 1993
Country:
FR, US
Languages:
English, Vietnamese
Budget:
$33,000,000
Revenue:
$5,864,949
Awards:
Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Mr. Stone tells this tale vigorously, but he has the wrong cinematic vocabulary for his heroine's essentially passive experience.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
5 Jun 2004
rotten:
Heaven has so many themes, ranging from Buddhist spirituality to feminism, it ends up with none.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
16 Nov 2001
fresh:
This is the first time [Stone] has tried to place himself inside a woman's imagination, and that he succeeds so well is due partly...to an extraordinary performance by Hiep Thi Le in the leading role.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
30 Oct 2001
fresh:
Heaven and Earth has the epic scope one would expect from a film of this magnitude, but it lacks much of the narrative strength of Stone's first two Vietnamese tales.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
30 Oct 2001