Lịch Du
Acting
Biography
Lịch Du (6 February, 1940 – 27 January, 2021) was a Vietnamese actress and screenwriter. One of the first graduates of the Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema, she began acting in 1966, and the only main role she had throughout her career was Đuông Chăn, a Lao mother in Nguyễn Khắc Lợi's "Hai người mẹ" (1975). Some of her scripts were directed by Hoàng Tích Chỉ.
Known For
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
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
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
17th Parallel, Nights and Days
The director of a steel refinery comes into conflict with his wife over plans that might affect her father's reputation.
Unintended Separation
Three ARVN special task agents infiltrate the ranks of North Vietnamese army to plant doubts and fears among Revolutionary soldiers.
Nowhere to Hide
After a streak of betrayals in love, a scholar harbours a disdain for women and vows to stay away from their “venomous nature”. However, he soon grows increasingly obsessed with a prostitute he encountered one night, and falls deeply in love with her against the prejudices of his social class.
Tempestuous Fate
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Memories at the Moon Hill
Upon meeting a young Vietnamese soldier during his brief stay in the Lao mountains, a woman begins recalling to her daughter episodes of her life ever since she had to leave Northwest Vietnam in 1952, including her fateful encounter with a Lao mother.
Two Mothers
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The Sun Rises on the High Plains
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Flame
Discharged from the Army after losing an arm in the battlefield, Lê Vân returns home. He seeks to help rebuild it, but realises that a life spent fighting has made him disconnected from the villagers and their ideas.
Return to the Sedge Fields
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