Actress Le Van in a scene of Vietnam’s classic film Bao Gio Cho Den Thang Muoi (When October Comes) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Dozens of classic Vietnamese movies will be screened for free at movie theatres nationwide fromMarch 9 to 15 to celebrate 65 years since the day President Ho Chi Minh foundedVietnam’s revolutionary cinema on March 15.
Themovies, which received awards and have been honoured at Vietnam’s film festivals,will be screened at Hanoi’s National Cinema Centre and Ho Chi Minh City’sCinestar Hai Ba Trung.
The films to be presented include classics like Bao Gio ChoDen Thang 10 (When Will October Come), Em Be Ha Noi (Girlfrom Hanoi) and Chi Tu Hau (Mrs Tu Hau), Con chim vanh khuyen(Passerine bird), Canh dong hoang (The wild rice field) and Me vang nha (Mother’sout) to recently-made films such as Dung Dot (Don’t Burn), Toithay hoa vang tren co xanh (I See Yellow Flowers on Green Grass)and Em Chua 18 (Jailbait), along with documentaries on President HoChi Minh and topics like resistance and war.
DirectorDang Nhat Minh’s When October Comes, released in 1984, is a hauntingportrayal of one woman’s struggle with loss and personal sacrifice during thewar. Many critics consider it to be the greatest Vietnamese movie ever made.
Another film directed by Minh, Dung Dot, is based on the diary of warmartyr Dang Thuy Tram. Tram, a young female doctor from Hanoi, volunteered tofight during the American War. She was in charge of a military clinic in DucPho District in the central province of Quang Ngai, and was killed by Americantroops.
Meanwhile,Toi thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh is Victor Vu's latest movie, based on the novelby best-selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh. Set in the mid-1980s in ruralVietnam, the nostalgic drama reveals the realities of life in Vietnam in thatera, before the country's current economic boom began.
Em Chua18 is a comedy on the life and loves of high school students, which brokethe country’s box office record after just a month of release. It is aboutthe romantic relationship between a 17-year-old student from a bilingual schooland a yoga instructor almost twice her age.
A representative of the Department of Cinema said it has alsomade several films and programmes on the occasion, namely the film Suoi DauNguon (The Headwaters), a documentary featuring 65 years of development ofVietnam’s movie industry and a programme depicting the efforts to providemedical treatment for ethnic minorities.-VNA
