Cuộc chiến đấu vẫn còn tiếp diễn (The Struggle goes on)
Viet Nam, 1966 (114 minutes)
Director: Nguyen Khac Loi and Hoang Thai
Cast: Tra Giang, Lam Toi, Mai Chau, Luu Xuan Thu, Sy Minh, and Ngo Nam
Cinematography: Nguyen Quang Tuan
Script: Doan Que
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
Produced in 1966, during the beginning of Vietnam’s cinematic revolution, The Struggle goes on is a counterintelligence film, action thriller with a story about a confrontation between soldiers, security forces, and spies. The film is set in the North after the Geneva Accords.
Source: Phuong Nam Films at www.pnfilm.com.vn
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Film Resource: Chuyến xe bão táp (Voyage in the Storm)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Chuyến xe bão táp (Voyage in the Storm)
Viet Nam, 1977 (80 minutes)
Director: Tran Vu
Cast: Thanh Quy, Vu Dinh Than, Trinh Thinh, and Mai Chau
Cinematography: Nguyen Dang Bay
Script: Banh Bao and Tran Vu
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
At a bus station, Van and Son are waiting to buy tickets, but after the ticket seller tried to sell the tickets to traffickers, Van and Son prevent them from getting onto the bus. This upsets the driver and causes problems for the passengers.
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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Film Resource: Chung một Dòng Sông (On the Same River)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Chung một Dòng Sông (On the Same River)
Viet Nam, 1959 (90 minutes)
Director: Hong Nghi & Hieu Dan
Cast: Phi Nga, Manh Linh, Huy Cong, and Danh Tan
Cinematography: Nguyen Dac
Script: Cao Dinh Bau, Dao Xuan Tung
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
Following the Geneva Accords, Ben Hai river became the provisional line dividing the North and South regions. Unfortunately, this division also obstructed the relationship between Van, who is from the northern side, and Hoai, who is from the southern side. Van and Hoai fell in love with each other while taking part in the anti-French resistance. Their love is a struggle that parallels the nation.
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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Film Resource: Cú và chim se sẻ (Owl and the Sparrow)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Cú và chim se sẻ (Owl and the Sparrow)
Viet Nam, 2007 (97 minutes)
Director: Stephane Gauger
Cast: Cat Ly, The Lu Le, and Han Thi Pham
Cinematography: Stephane Gauger
Script: Stephane Gauger
Vietnamese with English subtitles
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zoo keeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
Source: IMDb.com
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Film Resource: Của Rơi (Missing Object)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Của Rơi (Missing Object)
Viet Nam, 2002 (97 minutes)
Director: Vuong Duc
Cast: Duc Khue, Hue Minh, Le Vu Long, and Mai Hue
Cinematography: Nguyen Huu Tuan
Script: Nguyen Viet Ha
Vietnamese with English subtitles
Thang is a Hanoi intellectual and graduates from university with high distinction causing his former teacher, Dao, to invite him to work in a mathematics institute of odd algorithms. He has problems because of his personality and refuses to give up his mathematical perspectives. He distinguishes himself as a person of integrity, which also causes problems for him.
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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Film Resource: Chị Nhung (Miss Nhung)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Chị Nhung (Miss Nhung)
Viet Nam, 1970 (65 minutes)
Director: Dang Nhat Minh
Cast: Ai Van, Danh Tan, Kim Dung, and Tran Phuong
Cinematography: Duong Dinh BA
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
During the General offensive of Spring 1968 in Saigon, there is a communications girl who guides Vietnamese soldiers to fight with the enemy. Tam Son recognizes her as “little Nhung” a girl he knows. At just 10 years old, Nhung’s father went to the North and her mother was killed by the enemy. Nhung had to become a maid for a rich family, who also employed Tam Son to tutor their children.
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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Film Resource: Chị Năm Khùng (Mrs. Nam)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Chị Năm Khùng (Mrs. Nam)
Viet Nam, 2000 (21 minutes)
Director: Lai Van Sinh
Script: Viet Nga
Cinematography: Vuong Khanh Luong
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
This film praises the efforts of the Labor Heroine Do Kim Hoang a wounded veteran who overcame health problems to search for the remains of hundreds of comrades killed on the south-western battlefield near the Viet Nam and Cambodia border.
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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Film Resource: Cao Nguyên F-101 (Highland F-101)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Cao Nguyên F-101 (Highland F-101)
Viet Nam, 1988 (85 minutes x 2 DVDs)
Director: Khoi Nguyen
Cast: Thuong Tin, Minh Trang, Le Cung Bac, Quang Dai, Tran Vinh, and Thuy An
Cinematography: Nguyen Hoe
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
This is a police/spy film set in the contemporary Central Highlands. Two undercover policemen infiltrate and expose a FURLO (Front Unifee de Lutte des Races Opptimees) plot.
Source: John K. McAskill, Systems Librarian at La Salle University
www.lasalle.edu/library/
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Film Resource: Chiến dịch Trái tim bên phải (Campaign of the Correct Heart)
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Leon Potter
Chiến dịch Trái tim bên phải (Campaign of the Correct Heart)
Viet Nam, 2005 (95 minutes)
Director: Dao Duy Phuc
Cast: Ho Ngoc Ha, Tran Luc, Doan Hoang Kien, and Thai Duy
Cinematography: Pham Vi Linh
Script: Hoang Anh Tu, and Dao Thuy Trang
Vietnamese with no English subtitles
This is a special film offering a unique perspective on today’s youth in Viet Nam. A unique teacher appears in school: Hoai An. She’s young, beautiful, modern, and impressive and she’s just started teaching a group of “little demons.” She’s using new teaching techniques and giving the students new experiences that seem just right to motivate them.
Source: discovery-releasing.com
Source adapted from: Viet Nam Film Institute, (2008). Catalogue of Vietnamese Awarded Films (1949-2005). Ha Noi: Viet Nam.
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