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| Classic: The FVH Film Night on July 20 will present 1970’s classic Moi Tinh Dau (The First Love) by director Hai Ninh. |
Viet Nam News
HA NOI — The FVH Film Night on July 20 will present 1970’s classic Moi Tinh Dau (The First Love) by director Hai Ninh.
Released in 1977, the movie features many leading stars of the time, including The Anh, Nhu Quynh, Tra Giang, Lan Huong, Bang Chau. It won the Silver Lotus Award at the 5th National Film Festival in 1980, which presented the best films of the Viet Nam’s revolutionary cinema industry.
The film is set in Sai Gon before 1975, just before the end of the American War. It was a time of confusion for young people who had many questions about what choices to make in their lives. The film recounts the first love of a student, Ba Duy, with a young girl, Diem Huong. Sadly, their relationship ends when Huong was forced to marry an American counselor in order to save her father.
A devastated and heartbroken Duy drops out school and turns to drugs as a way to forget his love and his life. But hope returns when Hai Lan, his sister, who is also an intelligence agent, takes him under her wing. She helps to take him back on the right track with his life.
During the final days before the city liberation forces arrive, Huong finds out that her husband is plotting to kidnap Vietnamese children to sell to foreigners. She is murdered by her husband.
The black-and-white film will be presented with English subtitles. The screening will take place at Vietnam Feature Films Studio (VFS), 4 Thuy Khue Street, Tay Ho District from 7.30pm until 9pm. Donation: VND150,000. Limit: 50 people. To reserve a ticket, contact filmteam.fvh@gmail.com — VNS
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