Information

Production year: 1993

Director: Oliver Stone

Starring: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, Haing S. Ngor, Le Ly Hayslip

Produced by:

  • Oliver Stone
  • Arnon Milchan
  • Marion Kassar
  • Robert Kline
  • A. Kitman Ho

Summary

Directed by Oliver Stone, this movie tells the true story of Le Ly, a young girl living in Central Vietnam in the early 1950s, who is tortured by the South Vietnamese and raped by the Viet Cong. During the Vietnam War, Le Ly struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.

Credits

Director: Oliver Stone

Starring: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, Haing S. Ngor, Le Ly Hayslip

Oliver Stone and Le Ly Hayslip, featured in a review of the movie Heaven & Earth by Stephen Hunter on The Baltimore Sun, December 19, 1993