Phạm Kỳ Nam
Directing
Biography
People’s Artist Pham Ky Nam (June 27, 1928 – March 3, 1984) was a Vietnamese director and screenwriter. One of the most influential pioneers in the 1960s Vietnamese revolutionary cinema, he received formal training at IDEHEC Paris and began his career at Vietnam Feature Film Studio by filming re-enactments of works written for theatre. In 1959, in collaboration with documentarist Nguyen Hong Nghi, he directed North Vietnam’s first feature film since the liberation from France and of the revolutionary cinema genre, “Chung một dòng sông”(On the same river). His films are also successful, with Ms. Tư Hậu (1962) considered one of the best Vietnamese films in history and a timeless classics beloved by national audience. His style is noted for a distinctive kinetic, high-contrast cinematography and a disposition to humanist and realist themes in his psychological dramas. With his contributions to Vietnamese cinema since its inception, Pham Ky Nam was posthumously awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts by the Vietnamese government in 2007 and the title of People's Artist in 2012.
Known For
Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.
On the Same River
Tư Hậu is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.
Mrs. Tư Hậu
One month before the Fall of Saigon, a city in Central Highland plunges into chaos, as its disillusioned citizens prepare to witness what was once a glorious and beautiful time collapse before their own eyes.
Dawn Lights The Truth
The commander of the People's Army of Vietnam Li with his detachment on the way to the front comes to a village completely devastated by the invaders. He stays in the house of a young woman Tu, who has two small children. Tu's husband did not return from the front, missing, and Lee, feeling sorry for the girl, presented her with the dress he bought, which he bought for his mother. Soon, Commander Li is heroically killed in action. He dreamed of a bright day of victory, but did not wait for it ... The war ended, and one of his front-line comrades Shau returns to that village again ...
The Memento
Three ARVN special task agents infiltrate the ranks of North Vietnamese army to plant doubts and fears among Revolutionary soldiers.
Nowhere to Hide
Vietnamese guerrillas move into a village adjoining a French/US airstrip and recruit locals to help them bring it down.
Sea Of Fire
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Chom and Sa
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The Front Is Calling
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