FVH Film Night: “First Love” by Director Hai Ninh
Thu 20 Jul 2017, 7.30 – 9 pm
Vietnam Feature Films Studio (VFS)
4 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
From Friends of Vietnam Heritage:
You are invited to FVH Film Night with film “First Love” by Director Hải Ninh.
The film “First Love” was released in 1977. It won the Silver Lotus Award at the Fifth National Film Festival in 1980 (a festival which includes the best films of the Vietnamese revolutionary cinema). “First Love”, directed by Hai Ninh, is based on some short stories by writer Nguyen Huu Truong. It featured many leading stars of the time including The Anh, Nhu Quynh, Tra Giang, Lan Huong, Bang Chau…
The film is set in Saigon before 1975, just before the Vietnam war ends. It was a time of confusion for young people who had many questions about what choices to make in their lives.
The film recounts the first love of a student Ba Duy (played by The Anh) with a young girl Diem Huong (portrayed by Nhu Quynh). Sadly, their relationship ended when Diem Huong was forced to marry an American counselor in order to save her father. A devastated and heartbroken Ba Duy dropped out school and turned to drugs as a way to forget his first love and his life. But hope returned when Hai Lan (played by Tra Giang), his sister and an intelligence officer working in the inner city, took him under her wing. She counselled him and helped get him back on the right track with his life.
When the liberation army was about to enter and during the final days of rioting in Saigon, Diem Huong suddenly finds out that her husband was plotting to kidnap Vietnamese children to sell to foreigners. Diem Huong was murdered by her husband in order to ensure his secret was not revealed.
This is a critically acclaimed film and is one of the favourite films from the 1970s. It leaves a strong impression and in particular, the film was a breakthrough for Hai Ninh as he portrayed the story of love at a sensitive period.
Film is in black and white, 1 hour 41 minutes, English subtitles.
Donation: 150,000 vnd
Limit: 50 people
Contact: Film group, [email protected]
Motorbikes and Cycles
Parking fees @ the Studio – 5,000 vnd/motorbike; 2,000 vnd/bicycle; 10,000 vnd/car
Notes:
Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive our reply email.
Please arrive by 7.15pm latest to collect and pay for your ticket at VFS. As a courtesy to those on the waiting list – please cancel if you can’t come (phone 0164 980 0533).
Reserved seating tickets are allocated on a first come – first served basis. We don’t pre-book seating but if you come early you can get one of the big comfy armchair seats.
Please note that full joining instructions, venue information and location of the viewing theatre will be sent to all those who RSVP a few days before the film.
