THE SECOND DA NANG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL

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DA NANG - ASIA FILM FESTIVAL

The Girl on the River

Country

Vietnam

Production Year

1987

Running Time

92 minutes

Format

DCP

Color

Colored

Information

Synopsis

After the liberation of the South, Nguyet – a prostitute on the Perfume River during the puppet regime,looks for a revolutionary whom she had rescured from the hunt of the enemy with a hope of meeting him again. But her trust is shattered when he tries to avoid her.

Director’s biography

Director, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh born in 1938,is one of the leading directors of Vietnamese cinema. His name is closely associated with the history of Vietnam Feature Film Company. After a number of first works such as Ms. Nhung (co-director, 1973), Sea Stars (1974), A Year-end Rainy Day (1976), People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh became known and certainlyhas created a style that made for himselfa name resonatedbythefilms about the human fates with his self-written scripts.

Notableworksof this style include When the Tenth Month Comes , The Girl on the River, The Return, Nostalgia for the Countryland, Hanoi Winter 1946, Guava House, Don’t Burn, Jasmine…With his works, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh has shaped an unique and individual style of artistic filmmaking, delving into the exploitation of the human fatesin a humane and delicate way.

His personal and works not only resonated in Vietnam but also on the world cinema map through importantawards such as Golden Lotus, Golden Kite in Vietnam and awards from Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival… In 2008, the film When the Tenth Month Comes wasvoted by CNN channel as one of the 18 best Asian films of all time.In 2010, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a ceremony to honorPeople’s Artist Dang Nhat Minhtorecognizehiscontribution to Vietnamese cinema. In 2011, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minhhonorably received the Kim Dae-jung Peace Film Award presented within the framework of the Gwangju International Film Festival in South Korea.

 

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Credit

Director

Dang Nhat Minh

Screenplay Writer

People Artist Dang Nhat Minh

Casts

Pepople’s Artist Minh Chau, Eminent Artist Ha Xuyen, Eminent Artist Anh Dung,...

Director of Photography

Eminent Artist Pham Viet Thanh

Production Designer

Le Thi Hoan

Music Composer

Trinh Cong Son, Pham Trong Cau.

Production Company

Producer

Vietnam Feature Film Company

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