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Wharf of Widows

2000 film directed by Trong Ninh Luu

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ7990667 ↗
Source-derived summary

Wharf of Widows (Vietnamese: Bến không chồng, German: Das Ufer der Frauen ohne Männer) is a 2001 Vietnamese drama film directed by Lưu Trọng Ninh, starring Lưu, Thúy Hà, Minh Châu and Như Quỳnh. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Vietnamese writer Dương Hướng. The film had its world premiere in the Forum section at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival in 2001, where it was awarded NETPAC Award - Special Mention. At the 13th Vietnam Film Festival held in December 2001, the film won the Silver Lotus Award.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Wharf of Widows” as 2000 film directed by Trong Ninh Luu. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wharf, Widows and film.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—2000-01-01, 2001—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Wharf, Widows and film providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7990667. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Wharf of Widows” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.