Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989)

108 min★ 6.6 · 218 votes

• Documentary
• History
• Romance

The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.

Release date

April 1, 1989

Country of origin

United States