Việt Linh
Directing
Biography
Việt Linh (b. Nguyễn Việt Linh in Ho Chi Minh City, 1952) is a prominent Vietnamese film director. She currently lives and works in Paris, France. Her films have been shown in Vietnam, France, the United States and Australia. Việt Linh crafts allegorical films about the history and changing social situations of her country. Often drawing inspiration from literature, Việt Linh treats the fate of her characters in a sensitive and realistic manner. Between 1980 and 1985, she studied at the VGIK in the former Soviet Union, graduating in 1985. She then began working for Vietnam's state-owned Giải Phóng Film Studio in Ho Chi Minh City. She has completed seven feature films since 1986 and is currently involved in editing books about cinema for Vietnamese readers. Her 1999 film, The Building, was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Known For
After and act of violence leaves his brother Tuong paralyzed, Thieu discovers the true meaning of brotherhood.
Yellow Flowers On the Green Grass
A small traveling circus from Hanoi arrives at a village struck down by famine, trying to sell magic and dreams.
Travelling Circus
On May 1, 1975 with Viet Cong troops march through Saigon celebrating their victory. Tham, caretaker of Victory Hotel, a relatively small establishment in downtown Saigon, nervously observes these celebrations. The owners have fled Saigon and the hotel is to be requisitioned by the new government. Tham wonders what his fate will be under the new regime. The next day he is told that that the hotel is to be transformed into a collective flat for the Viet Cong cadre and their families now entering the city. Tham is not hostile to this but is concerned about his place in the new set up. Will he still have a job? Will he be treated as an enemy?
The Building
In early 20th century Vietnam, a nobleman scorns everything Western after his beautiful fiance dies in an auto wreck and forces the poor villagers to destroy all their "modern" possessions. Loosely based on the novel "Chùa Đàn" by Nguyễn Tuân
Me Thao: The Legendary Age
In a mountainous village, a young girl with a strange birthmark is accused of being the devil incarnate and banished from society.
Devil's Mark
After the war a young woman from Saigon goes to the countryside at the call of the government to teach love of country to the local people. There she finds that she doesn't really believe in what she teaches, that she's not really interested in the butterflies and birds of the poems she recites and is terribly bored in the countryside.
The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place
In post-war Vietnam, a talented piano student and doctor in training begin a doomed love affair.
The Bitter Taste of Love
One day, Tung Nhan was shocked to discover that he had an illegitimate son with his ex-lover many years ago. If he admitted the child, he would be involved in a scandal, and his career as a famous TV show MC/director could be ruined. But remembering that he was also an orphan, Tung Nhan decided not to let his son be alone. Unfair things started to happen when father and son reunited...
Ở Đây Có Nắng
No one can understand why a successful and seemingly happily married actress killed herself, but some think that it has to do with what happened to her during the war.