An eight-year-old boy grieving his mother finds an unexpected friend after a falling star lands near his home in the 2022 Vietnamese family adventure Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy.
What is Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy about?
Hung is eight years old and still working through the loss of his mother, who died a year before the story begins. His father is distant, his closest friend is about to move away, and a demanding landlord keeps pressuring the family to leave their apartment. Hung finds a quiet escape by climbing to the roof at night to watch the sky. That habit pays off during a meteor shower, when he sees what looks like a falling star land somewhere in the countryside beyond the city. Curiosity gets the better of him, and instead of a fallen star he finds a stranger who becomes his new friend. What follows is built around Hung's decision to help her by any means he can, even as the pressures at home keep pulling at him. Director Ham Tran frames the film as a family adventure that treats a child's loneliness with the same seriousness as its science-fiction premise, giving the fantastical elements room to sit alongside a very grounded story about grief and friendship.
About the cast
The film is led by young actor Phu Truong as Hung, alongside Diep Anh Tru, Tin Tin, Ngoc Tuong, and Kim Nha, under Ham Tran's direction.
Context & significance
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy is a Vietnamese production from 2022 that blends family drama with a science-fiction adventure aimed at younger audiences. It draws on the tradition of stories where a child's everyday hardship is met by something extraordinary, using that contrast to give the more fantastical turns of the plot real emotional weight.
Watching Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy on Ktime
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, and the film carries Persian dubbing for viewers who want to watch in Farsi. K-Time's Farsi-language interface is built around the needs of the Iranian diaspora, making family titles like this one easy to discover and watch together.