NEWS: Award-Winning Vietnamese Film ‘The Third Wife’ Pulled From Local Release Over Intimate Scenes Involving Teenage Actress1 min read
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Vietnamese director Ash Mayfair’s multiple award-winning drama The Third Wife has been removed from cinemas in her homeland after growing public concerns over intimate scenes involving its teenage lead actress Nguyen Phuong Tra My.
According to a local media report, Vietnamese production house Ba Sac Cau Vong pulled the film from cinemas Tuesday after asking permission from the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The ministry had, in turn, asked for a reclassification of the film.
The decision to pull the film, which was released last Friday in Vietnam with an 18 rating, was taken after growing online criticism of My’s family for allowing the actress to take part in the film, which deals with mature themes and includes intimate scenes between My and her older co-stars. My was 13 at the time of the shooting.
The ruling Communist Party of Vietnam has a long history of censoring films that touch on subjects it finds morally, socially or religiously sensitive, or ones it considers too violent. Hollywood hits such as The Hunger Games (2012) and Sex in the City (2008) have in the past been banned from screening in the country.
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