@article{1355837,
      recid = {1355837},
      author = {Ang, Mirabelle.},
      title = {Match made [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (48 min.).},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Marriage customs reveal much about the economic and social  structure of a country. This documentary, filmed in Ho Chi  Minh City, chronicles the search of an awkward 38-year-od  Singaporean for a young, beautiful Vietnamese bride, with  the help of a marriage broker. Ricky, the bachelor, sits in  a modest hotel room, self consciously assessing the shy  young women who present themselves as candidates for  marriage. Communication is accomplished with the help of a  translator since Ricky, speaks only Chinese, and the girls  speak Vietnamese.The young women still in the running are  subjected to medical examinations, to insure they are  disease free and virgins. The marriage brokers are well  versed in arranging introductions, quick picture perfect  weddings, travel documents ... and payments to the bride's  family. Ricky selects the beautiful, 20 year old, Nhanh,  after assuring himself that she will take care of his  ailing mother.The film follows the couple as they purchase  rings and clothes for the wedding. The marriage is  accomplished within three days of the meeting. While her  travel documents are being processed Nhanh says goodbye to  her family in their dusty village. Then she heads for her  new life in high-rise Singapore, with hope to fulfill her  duties as a good daughter-in-law, along with the  uncertainty of her new future.Stay tuned to see how two  people's search for happiness unfolds.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355837},
}