Award-winning filmmaker Hai Ninh passed away on February 5 in Hanoi after a long illness.
Born in 1931 in Thanh Hoa central province, Ninh was a director at theVietnam Feature Film Studio. He was among the students in the firstdirecting course in the Vietnam Cinema and Stage College.
His death came as a shock to his family because he looked healthy inrecent days and was happy to prepare for the upcoming Tet holiday,according to his son, director Nguyen Thanh Van.
The director was hospitalised ten days ago when he fainted from low blood pressure.
In his last days, the director was working on a book on Vietnameseactors, according to veteran actress Tra Giang, who starred in Ninh’smost popular movie, “Vi Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem” (Days and Nights at the17th Parallel).
A few months ago, Ninh finished thescript for “Hanoi’s Mother”, a sequel to his previous movie “Em BeHanoi” (The Little Girl of Hanoi).
Along with “ViTuyen 17 Ngay va Dem” and “Moi Tinh Dau” (Love Story), “Em Be Hanoi” wasa milestone of Vietnam’s revolutionary cinema.
Made in 1973 towards the end of the US war, with considerableassistance from the Vietnamese film industry, “Vi Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem”focuses on a married couple who witness the separation of Vietnaminto North and South. Actress Tra Giang won the Best Actress Award atthe Moscow Film Festival in 1973 for her role as the wife.
“Em Be Hanoi” is often called the director’s best feature film. Partlyfilmed during the US bombing of Hanoi in 1972, the simple butpowerful story centres on a little girl wandering through the rubble ofthe city, looking for her parents. Eventually a soldier takes her underhis wing.
The film won awards both locally andinternationally, including the Golden Lotus prize at the Vietnam FilmFestival 1975 and a diploma at the Moscow International Film Festival in1975.
Ninh was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 2007.-VNA
Born in 1931 in Thanh Hoa central province, Ninh was a director at theVietnam Feature Film Studio. He was among the students in the firstdirecting course in the Vietnam Cinema and Stage College.
His death came as a shock to his family because he looked healthy inrecent days and was happy to prepare for the upcoming Tet holiday,according to his son, director Nguyen Thanh Van.
The director was hospitalised ten days ago when he fainted from low blood pressure.
In his last days, the director was working on a book on Vietnameseactors, according to veteran actress Tra Giang, who starred in Ninh’smost popular movie, “Vi Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem” (Days and Nights at the17th Parallel).
A few months ago, Ninh finished thescript for “Hanoi’s Mother”, a sequel to his previous movie “Em BeHanoi” (The Little Girl of Hanoi).
Along with “ViTuyen 17 Ngay va Dem” and “Moi Tinh Dau” (Love Story), “Em Be Hanoi” wasa milestone of Vietnam’s revolutionary cinema.
Made in 1973 towards the end of the US war, with considerableassistance from the Vietnamese film industry, “Vi Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem”focuses on a married couple who witness the separation of Vietnaminto North and South. Actress Tra Giang won the Best Actress Award atthe Moscow Film Festival in 1973 for her role as the wife.
“Em Be Hanoi” is often called the director’s best feature film. Partlyfilmed during the US bombing of Hanoi in 1972, the simple butpowerful story centres on a little girl wandering through the rubble ofthe city, looking for her parents. Eventually a soldier takes her underhis wing.
The film won awards both locally andinternationally, including the Golden Lotus prize at the Vietnam FilmFestival 1975 and a diploma at the Moscow International Film Festival in1975.
Ninh was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 2007.-VNA
