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    "description": " In 1969, sisters Trang and Qu\u1ef3nh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become \u201cbar girls\u201d in S\u00e0i G\u00f2n, drinking, flirting (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer to the city, the once-innocent Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with a young and charming American helicopter pilot. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Vi\u1ec7t Nam with his wife, Linda, hoping to find a way to heal from his PTSD and, unbeknownst to her, reckon with secrets from his past.\n\nAt the same time, Phong\u2014the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman\u2014embarks on a search to find both his parents and a way out of Vi\u1ec7t Nam. Abandoned in front of an orphanage,\u202fPhong grew up being called\u202f\u201cthe dust of life,\u201d\u202f\u201cBlack American imperialist,\u201d and \u201cchild of the enemy,\u201d and he dreams of a better life for himself and his family in the U.S. ",
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