TIFF ‘22 Coverage: ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’
The Vietnamese perspective is not only completely ignored in 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever', but it is blatantly whitewashed and disrespected.

Two friends who grew up together since childhood remain inseparable even in their youth. One of them falls in love with a girl who is also desired by a vicious criminal. Through deceit, the criminal causes his rival to be arrested and tricks the girl. Driven to despair, she attempts suicide, but her beloved’s friend saves her and, in order to protect her honor, enters into a marriage of convenience with her...
The Vietnamese perspective is not only completely ignored in 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever', but it is blatantly whitewashed and disrespected.
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