Storyline

In 19th-century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon, she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May's hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.

Plot Keywords

teen girl, wife, land owner, concubine, husband, emotional, dreamy, engaging, vietnam, lake, estate, village, forest, status, marriage, pregnancy, forbidden love, temptation, sacrifice, rivalry, 19th century

Short Review

Ash Mayfair's The Third Wife is a powerful exercise in empathy, an exquisitely beautiful film on the surface which contains one of the bleakest portrayals of how patriarchy limits women's autonomy.

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Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership

2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 6.99, Track Rental Price: 2.99, Collection Price: 6.99, Track Hd Price: 7.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 2.99, Collection Hd Price: 7.99

3. Vudu : [SD - Buy: 4.99, Rent: 2.99] [HDX - Buy: 4.99, Rent: 3.99]