Dreamy Eyes (Vietnamese: Mắt biếc) is a 2019 Vietnamese drama film directed by Victor Vu.[1] It was selected as the Vietnamese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.Dreamy Eyes 2019.
Dreamy Eyes tells the story of Ngan, who falls in love with Hà Lan when they were both 6 years old. As they grow older, we follow the blossoming love Ngan has for Hà Lan, until she eventually moves to the big city to go to high school. Hà Lan takes to the big city a little too much, falling for Ngan’s rich cousin, only for him to break her heart and leave her pregnant. Throughout all of this, Ngan’s love for Hà Lan hasn’t wavered as he takes care of her during her pregnancy, eventually taking care of Hà Lan’s daughter Trà Long, as they both move back to the village, her to live with Hà Lan’s mother, and Ngan, having graduated, to teach in the small village school.
As the years go by, Ngan continues to be a friend to both Hà Lan, who stayed in the city as a seamstress, and her daughter Trà Long, back in the village. Trà Long, now 18, falls for Ngan, now in his 30s, and in the closest of close calls, Ngan rebuffs her advances towards him. In a cruel twist of fate, Hà Lan finally realises the error of her ways, only for her to miss her chance to tell Ngan how she feels for him, as he gets on a train and leaves the village forever.