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Documentary Film Week: A collection of films by People's Artist Dang Nhat Minh

Sunday - September 29, 2013 09:16
The University of Social Sciences and Humanities (specifically the Faculty of Archival Studies and Office Management) collaborated with the Ngoc Khanh Cinema Cultural Center – Vietnam Film Institute to organize “Vietnam Documentary Film Week – Introducing the film collection of People's Artist and Director Dang Nhat Minh"
Tuần phim tư liệu: bộ sưu tập phim của NSND Đặng Nhật Minh
Documentary Film Week: A collection of films by People's Artist Dang Nhat Minh

The film week took place on the evenings of October 2nd - 10th, 2013 (from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, excluding Saturdays and Sundays), showing films on DVD at the auditorium on the 5th floor of building H. It also included screenings of feature films and interactive sessions between lecturers, students (audience), and People's Artist and Director Dang Nhat Minh, Meritorious Artist Nguyen Huu Muoi (actor in the film "When Will It Be October?"), Meritorious Artist Minh Chau (actress in the film "The Girl on the River"), etc.Thursday, October 10, 2013at the auditorium on the 8th floor of building E.

ButTime:From October 2nd, 2013 to October 10th, 2013 (from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, excluding Saturdays and Sundays)

ButLocation:Auditorium on the 5th floor of Building H and the 8th floor of Building E – University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The film week also aims to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the Liberation of Hanoi (October 10, 1954 – October 10, 2013), and to further strengthen the relationship between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and the Vietnam Film Institute in accordance with the cooperation agreement signed on July 8, 2013, between the two institutions.

1. Specific movie screening schedule

No. MOVIE TITLE TIME LOCATION NOTE
01 Return 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
02 Nostalgia for the countryside 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
03 Girl on the River 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Friday, October 4, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
04 Guava season 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Monday, October 7, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
05 When will October come? 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
06 Hanoi in the winter of 1946 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
5th Floor, Building H Project onto DVD disc
07 Don't burn 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
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8th Floor, Building E Screening of film reels

2. Introducing the films in the film week.

2.1. Don't burn.

Đừng đốt

Don't burn

Vietnam Film Association Studio – 2009

  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Director: Dang Minh Minh
  • Cinematography: Vu Duc Tung – Ly Thai Dung
  • Artist: Pham Quoc Trung
  • Actress: Bui Minh Huong

PrizeGolden Lotus Award at the 16th Vietnam Film Festival, Silver Kite Award from the Vietnam Film Association.

ContentThe film vividly portrays the image of Dr. Dang Thuy Tram, a young female doctor and martyr from Hanoi. Like many other young women, amidst the nationwide mobilization for war, she was still burdened with homesickness, longing for her mother and her lover. She wrote about the brutality of war, the battles, and the suffering she witnessed. And day and night she dreamed of peace, peace flickering on the brim of a schoolgirl's hat, spinning on a bicycle wheel… All of this was recorded in her diary, which has become an immortal memento of the martyr.

2.2. Hanoi in the winter of 1946

Hà Nội mùa đông năm 46

Hanoi in the winter of 1946

Vietnam Feature Film Studio

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Cinematography: Vu Quoc Tuan
  • Screenwriters: Dang Nhat Minh – Hoang Nhuan Cam
  • Cast: Tiến Hợi – Quang Hải – Quách Thu Phương – Võ Hoài Nam

PrizeSilver Lotus Award at the 12th Vietnam Film Festival – 1999, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Director for Pham Quoc Trung, Best Music for Do Hong Quan; Award A of the Vietnam Film Association in 1997 for the feature film category.

ContentThe film depicts the final days in Hanoi before the nationwide resistance war (December 19, 1946). Lam, a law student, returns to the city and is introduced to a position at the Northern Government House. He is assigned the task of liaising between President Ho Chi Minh and the French High Commissioner Saintery. At this time, all official negotiations are considered deadlocked because the French military commanders are deliberately creating conflict to regain their former colony by force. Faced with this situation, President Ho Chi Minh tries to maintain contact with the French government, hoping to find solutions to resolve the conflicts through negotiations. Lam's wife, Le, goes into labor just as the fighting of the resistance war begins. Lam rushes into battle on the Hanoi ramparts, while the suicide squad at the Northern Government House fights bravely to their last breath.

2.3. The Girl on the River

Cô gái trên sông

Girl on the River

Vietnam Feature Film Studio

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Cinematographer: Pham Viet Thanh
  • Composer: Trinh Cong Son
  • Cast: Minh Châu – Anh Dũng – Hà Xuyên

PrizeSilver Lotus Award at the 8th Vietnam Film Festival – 1988, Best Actress: Minh Châu

ContentAfter the liberation of South Vietnam, Nguyet – a street girl on the Perfume River during the Saigon regime – searches for the revolutionary cadre she rescued from an enemy manhunt, hoping to find him again. But her hopes are shattered when he tries to avoid her.

2.4.Nostalgia for the countryside

Thương nhớ đồng quê

Nostalgia for the countryside

Produced by the Vietnam Film Association in 1995.

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh.
  • Cinematographer: Nguyen Huu Tuan
  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh.
  • Composer: Hoang Luong
  • Cast: Thúy Hường – Tạ Ngọc Bảo – Lê Vân

PrizeBest Director at the 6th Vietnam Film Festival – 1996, KODAK Award at the 42nd Asia Pacific International Film Festival in New Zealand – 1996, Best Asian Film at the Rosterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands) – 1996, Audience Award at the Three Continents International Film Festival (Nantes – France) – 1996.

ContentNgữ's husband works far away, and every day she and her younger brother-in-law, Nhâm, take care of the household chores. Nhâm is a sensitive young man who sympathizes with his sister-in-law's situation. Quyên is a village girl who fled the country and is now returning home for a visit. The scenery and people of her homeland leave a deep and heartfelt impression of her roots... Nhâm joined the army, and no matter where he is, he always remembers the bamboo groves, the fields, and the rice paddies with all the longing he has for his homeland.

2.5.When will October come?

Bao giờ cho đến tháng mười

When will October come?

Vietnam Feature Film Enterprise – 1984

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Cinematography: Nguyen Manh Lan – Pham Phuc Dat
  • Artist: Nguyen Van Vy
  • Composer: Phu Quang
  • Actors: Le Van – Nguyen Huu Muoi

PrizeGolden Lotus Belly - 7th Vietnam Film Festival - 1985. Jury Prize at the Asia-Pacific International Film Festival in Hawaii - 1989. Best Director: Dang Nhat Minh. Best Cinematography: Nguyen Manh Lan. Best Art Director: Nguyen Van Vy. Best Music: Phu Quang. Best Actress: Lo Van. Best Actor: Huu Muoi. Award from the Ministry of National Defense. Commendation from the Committee for the Protection of World Peace at the Moscow Film Festival.

Content:Returning home after visiting her husband at the southwestern border, Duyen carried an unspeakable grief: her husband had been killed. This grief caused her to fall into the river while crossing by ferry. Teacher Khang, who was also on the ferry, rescued her. Upon arriving home, Duyen concealed the news of her husband's death from everyone, especially her ailing father-in-law. To comfort her father-in-law, Duyen asked Teacher Khang to occasionally write letters for her, just as he did when her husband was alive, to reassure him. Because of this unexpected relationship, Khang was misunderstood by his girlfriend and the school, and had to be transferred elsewhere. Duyen's father-in-law's illness worsened, and he asked Duyen to call her husband home. Duyen's son met the soldiers and brought them home just as his father-in-law was dying.

2.6. Guava season

Mùa ổi

Guava season

Youth Film Studio – 2000

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh.
  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Cinematography: Vu Duc Tung
  • Artist: Pham Quoc Trung
  • Composer: Dang Huu Phuc
  • Cast: Bui Bai Binh – Lan Huong – Thu Thuy

PrizeGolden Lotus Award at the 13th Vietnam Film Festival, Best Leading Actor for Bui Bai Binh, Best Cinematography and Best Music. Best Actress Award at the 14th Singapore Film Festival – 2001 for Lan Huong.

ContentThe film depicts a peaceful Hanoi undergoing many changes from 1954 to the late 1980s. Life changes, but it is seen through the eyes of Mr. Hoa – a man who works as a model at the Fine Arts School – living with the memories and mental capacity of a 13-year-old child after a traumatic experience. The villa with the guava tree is now occupied by others, but Mr. Hoa still wanders back to his childhood memories every day, ignoring the warnings and threats of other "normal" people. To avoid trouble from the "stranger," the landlord takes Hoa to a psychiatric hospital. A dose of tranquilizers turns Hoa into a person who has lost all memory, a mindless, emotionless being.

2.7. Return

Trở về

Return

Vietnam Feature Film Studio – 1994

  • Director: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Script by: Dang Nhat Minh
  • Cinematographer: Nguyen Huu Tuan
  • Artist: Pham Quoc Trung
  • Composer: Do Hong Quan
  • Cast: Nguyen Thu Hien – Manh Cuong – Tran Luc

PrizeAwards include: Second Prize at the Vietnam Film Festival in 1994 for feature films; Art Design Award for Pham Quoc Trung at the 11th Vietnam Film Festival – 1996; Special Prize at the 39th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Sydney – 1994.

ContentLoan, a teacher from Hanoi, is assigned to teach in a southern coastal region. Loan unexpectedly falls in love with Hung, the brother of her roommate. Due to family pressure, Hung and his wife and children flee the country. Loan marries Tuan, her high school friend, after six years of studying abroad. Tuan studied physics but plunged into business. Loan, meanwhile, abandoned her studies and "confined herself" to a villa. Hung returns to Vietnam as a representative of a foreign company, with a business contract with Director Tuan. After working with Hung, Tuan sends his secretary to "negotiate" with him to secure two overseas trips with accompanying contracts. Initially, Hung disagrees, but upon learning that Tuan is Loan's husband, he agrees. Tuan and his secretary go abroad for "business." Loan returns to her teaching job at Buoi High School in her hometown.

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