Phạm Thuỳ Nhân
Writing
Biography
Phạm Thuỳ Nhân (born August 5, 1958) is a Vietnamese screenwriter and editor, best known for Me Thao (2002) and Traveling Circus (1988). He is also the director of photography for a number of historical television drama.
Known For
In 1963 a boy and his mother are left in Saigon while his father and brother flee to seek shelter from religious persecution in North Vietnam. The two brothers meet as strangers in a hapless confrontation during the war in 1973.
The Anniversary
A small traveling circus from Hanoi arrives at a village struck down by famine, trying to sell magic and dreams.
Travelling Circus
Binh is a South Vietnamese soldier whose wife Nga turns to a life of prostitution after Binh is classified as missing. When Binh does return, he finds it impossible to forgive the repentant Nga. The couple's doomed future continues, as Binh joins the Vietnamese Special Forces and a friend struggles to reunite the two.
Karma
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Heroes of the Tay Son Dynasty
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
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
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A Reluctant Fighter
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 a time of chaos and conflicts, a talented musician falls in love with an upper-class royal mandarin.
Ballad of a Songstress in Thang Long
One of the best Vietnamese films of 1992 by director Lê Dân and the highlight of actress Việt Trinh's career.
Black Cactus
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Sound of the Waves
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.
The Trial Needs a Judge
While awaiting the return of her husband from the war to no avail, a woman gradually finds herself charmed by a newly arrived engineer.