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Mai Chau

Mai Chau

Acting

Biography

Merited Artist Mai Châu (January 10, 1927 – May 24, 2025) was a Vietnamese actress. Best known for her portrayals of cold, sinister aristocrats and abusive landlords, she was among the first generation of professional actors at Vietnam Feature Film Studio, and also a prominent figure in 1960s-1970s Vietnamese war cinema.

Known For

Bi, Don't Be Afraid
5.3

In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears and settles at their house. While Bi gets closer to his grandfather, his father tries to avoid any contact with his family. Every night, he gets drunk and goes and see his masseuse, for whom he feels a quiet strong desire. Bi's mother turns a blind eye on it. The aunt, still single, meets a 16-year-old young boy in the bus. Her attraction to him moves her deeply.

Bi, Don't Be Afraid

2011
Indochine
7.0

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.

Indochine

1992
A Bird that Knows Its Way
N/A

Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of an institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”.

A Bird that Knows Its Way

1979
Hanoians
N/A

Following the introduction of Đổi mới, soldiers and military personnel return to their assigned homes in a corner of Hanoi, struggling to integrate into civilian life and making ends meet amidst the changing economic era.

Hanoians

1996
Coordinates of Death
5.8

The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.

Coordinates of Death

1986
Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village
N/A

Thứ, a teacher in an impoverished village of French occupied Vietnam, witnesses the daily tragedies and hardships his neighborhood has to endure. A joint adaptation of three of Nam Cao's classic works: the short stories "Chi Pheo", "Old Hạc" (Lão Hạc) and the novel "Corroded Life" (Sống mòn).

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village

1982
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N/A

An interactive teen sitcom that depicts the daily life of high school teens, with Vàng Anh being the central character.

Nhật ký Vàng Anh

2006
A Phu and His Wife
8.5

To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband.

A Phu and His Wife

1961
Mrs. Tư Hậu
7.7

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

1963
The Saving
N/A

No description available.

The Saving

1998
Brothers
N/A

A soldier (Hien) survives the war and comes back to live with his brother's family (Tien). He can't seem to adjust to civilian life after the war and feels increasingly alienated from other people, whom he finds calculating, selfish and materialistic.

Brothers

1986
I Have Only You
N/A

After the war, a young man reuniting with his beloved must deal with the fact that she has gone insane.

I Have Only You

1992
The General Retires
7.5

A general who devoted his life to the communist cause, retires, only to find that his household is in disarray, his grown children money-grubbing, and Vietnamese society far from the rosy picture of equality he'd imagined he'd helped make it.

The General Retires

1988
89th Minute
N/A

No description available.

89th Minute

1982
Little Stars
N/A

Two talented swimmers from a small village are invited by a factory to compete for their team in national tournaments, but soon discover they are being used as a publicity ploy by the factory.

Little Stars

1980
Missing Object
6.2

Thang is a Hanoi intellectual and graduates from university with high distinction causing his former teacher, Dao, to invite him to work in a mathematics institute of odd algorithms. He has problems because of his personality and refuses to give up his mathematical perspectives. He distinguishes himself as a person of integrity, which also causes problems for him.

Missing Object

2004
Lady of the Flowers
N/A

In early 20th century, a Vietnamese aristocratic socialite falls in love with a poor scholar though her father, a powerful governor, is determined to separate them, even with extreme measures.

Lady of the Flowers

1989
Mrs. Dau
N/A

In colonial French Indochina, a woman sells her daughter and four dogs in a desperate attempt to save her husband from torture when they can’t pay off the government taxes.

Mrs. Dau

1981
The Best Groom
7.0

No description available.

The Best Groom

1975
When I Am 20
N/A

WHEN I AM 20 explores the relationship of a teenage couple, in which the girl works as a prostitute to help support her family.

When I Am 20

2006