Nguyễn Quang Sáng
Writing
Biography
Nguyễn Quang Sáng (January 12, 1932 – February 13, 2014) was a Vietnamese writer and screenwriter who won the second Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts in 2000. He was born in My Luong commune (now My Luong town), Cho Moi district, An Giang province. During the Indochina War and the Vietnam War, he worked as the editor and writer of literary and culture divisions in the armed forces. After April 30, 1975, he returned to Ho Chi Minh City and became the General Secretary (later renamed President) of the city's Writers' Association during its first three terms. Nguyễn Quang Sáng's works, ranging from short stories to novels and screenplays, are always imbued with the rhythm of life in South Vietnam, taking the setting of the nation during the two wars and also after 1975. Notable works include: Con chim vàng, Đất lửa, Chiếc lược ngà, Mùa gió chướng, Người con đi xa, Cánh đồng hoang…
Known For
A story about young men who had to go war to protest their country. Each of them has his own story.
Song of the Stork
In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.
Wild Field
The film is anchored by a wartime re-encounter between a servant child and a tutor, transformed in the crucible of the spring 1968 Saigon offensive.
Miss Nhung
Truong Ba, a gentleman, is accidentally struck off the Book of Life by careless gods. Realising their mistake, the gods reincarnate his soul into the corpse of Hoi, a violent, alcoholic butcher. Truong Ba’s troubles are only just beginning…
The Butcher's Skin
While being imprisoned on a remote island for leading a naval-yard workers' strike, a man reminisces about his former days as a naval mechanic and the life back in his hometown.
The Rooster’s Crow at Noon
Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.
Whirlwind Season
One of the three collaborated movies by Trinh Cong Son (songwriter), Hong Sen (director), and Nguyen Quang Sang (novelist). The other two are "Mùa Gió Chướng" and "Cánh Đồng Hoang".
Flooding Season
A poetic glimpse of life in Vietnam War
Until When?
A movie about Võ Thị Sáu, a Vietnamese schoolgirl who fought as a guerrilla against the French occupiers of Vietnam.
Like a Legend
A young couple, whose love blooms from their mutual appreciation of Chingiz Aitmatov's "Tales of the Mountains and the Steppes", struggles with their personal romanticism and faith in each other as the novel becomes subjected to a new era's changing ideas about art.