Judy Tune, the daughter of South Korean actor Tune Kang-ho, recognized for his roles in “Parasite” devoted three months to studying Vietnamese in preparation for her function within the movie “White Butterfly.”
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Judy Tune, daughter of South Korean actor Tune Kang Ho, portrays a Vietnamese-Korean lady within the quick movie “White Butterfly.” Photograph courtesy of Tune |
Catherine T. Nguyen, director of “White Butterfly” and Tune’s classmate at New York College, mentioned in the course of the movie’s premiere in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis on Sunday that Tune confirmed a willingness to be taught and communicate Vietnamese upon request. Her “lecturers” have been Nguyen herself, in addition to Vietnamese actress Minh Trang, who stars within the movie as Might’s grandmother.
Portraying Might, a Vietnamese-Korean lady raised within the U.S. who travels to Vietnam after studying of her mom’s loss of life, Tune delivers fluent Vietnamese and English dialogue within the movie. Her Vietnamese was mentioned to be easy and emotional.
Commenting on the movie, Tune mentioned Might’s story resonated together with her personal life, as she was additionally born in South Korea however relocated to the U.S. from a younger age. She additionally acknowledged how the Vietnamese and South Korean cultures shared similarities.
“‘White Butterfly” is a brief movie and Nguyen’s college commencement venture. It revolves across the protagonist Might’s journey to hunt to know her Vietnamese mom’s life and the rationale why her mom by no means relocated to the U.S. to hitch Might and her father. Nevertheless, Might looks like an outsider as her mom’s kinfolk keep away from her questions.
The movie was shot within the outskirts of Hanoi and northern Bac Giang province. Varied Vietnamese conventional cultural components are built-in within the movie, together with hau dong, a UNESCO-recognized ritual a part of Vietnam’s centuries-old Mom Goddesses worship custom.
Veteran Vietnamese actresses Nhu Quynh and Minh Trang additionally star.
The movie can have its world premiere on the 2023 Hawaii Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Nguyen mentioned her goal whereas making the movie was “to unfold the true picture” of Vietnam and “introduce a novel side of Vietnamese tradition” to the world.