Meet and interact with the film crew "The Scent of Burning Grass"

"The smell of burning grass"is a Vietnamese film in the genre of social psychology and war. The main setting of the film is the fiery summer of 1972 with the battle at Quang Tri Citadel. The main characters in the film are four students of Hanoi University (Hoang, Thanh, Thang, Long) who followed the general mobilization order to join the army in 1971, were trained quickly and participated in the battle at Quang Tri Citadel in 1972. Here, Thanh, Thang, Long sacrificed themselves while Hoang was lucky to survive and return. The film is told from Hoang's memories, when he revisited the old battlefield.

"The smell of burning grass"Produced by Vietnam Feature Film Studio and directed by Huu Muoi. The film's script was written by poet Hoang Nhuan Cam, based on the diary "Forever Twenty" by martyr Nguyen Van Thac. Filming began in December 2010, the film was specially invited to attend the 17th Vietnam Film Festival in Phu Yen, was screened at the Opening Ceremony of the Film Week and won the Silver Lotus Award. In 2012, the film was awarded four Golden Kite Awards for Best Film, Best Music (musician Do Hong Quan), Best Screenwriter (Hoang Nhuan Cam) and Best Cinematography (Meritorious Artist Pham Thanh Ha) at the 2011 Golden Kite Awards.

Poster of the movie "The Scent of Burning Grass"

“The smell of burning grass" is considered a successful war film because it not only vividly and truthfully depicts the 81 days and nights of defending Quang Tri citadel with the indomitable will of an entire nation rising up to fight for independence and freedom for the Fatherland; but also brings the audience back to the heroic memories of the time when generations of university students put down their pens and went to war at the call of the Fatherland.

Some images from the movie "The Scent of Burning Grass"

The film is considered to have deeply moved the audience with the tragedies of everyday life and the sacrifices of wartime youth carrying with them their aspirations for family, love, and friendship. Director Huu Muoi and the film crew are also said to have mastered their polyphonic storytelling, restrained their poetic ambitions, created genuine and innocent laughter of everyday life mixed with the fierce context of war, leaving a deep impression on the audience. The actors also performed naturally and simply, portraying the innocence and individual personalities of the four main characters.

At the exchange night, staff and students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities had the opportunity to interact and talk with members of the film crew such as director, Meritorious Artist Vu Dinh Than (Deputy Director of the film); poet, screenwriter Hoang Nhuan Cam; actors Le Chi Kien, Le Van Thom, Nguyen Thanh Son, To Tuan Dung...

Students take souvenir photos with artists at the exchange

The content of the exchange revolved around the process of researching materials and details to build the film script; the thematic ideas that the director and screenwriter wanted to convey in the work; the process of understanding and mastering the psychology of the main actors - young non-professional actors participating in a film for the first time; the difficulties in the process of building the scene for the film; the personal memories and emotions of each member during the process of making this film...

The exchange night was a bridge to bring the audience, who are staff and students of the School, closer to the artists through sharing about their career process. Students also had a deeper understanding of an excellent film with the theme of war, thereby feeling more clearly the losses as well as the will and vitality of the young generation during wartime, to appreciate more the value of life in peacetime as well as to identify the responsibility of the young generation towards the country today.