Movie Posters: 17th Parallel, Nights and Days

HA NOI (VNS) — Classic Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened nationwide to celebrate National Day (September 2).

The films are Vi Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem (17th Parallel, Nights and Days), Chung Mot Dong Song (Sharing the Same River), Luy Thep Vinh Linh (Vinh Linh Steel Rampart) and Lang Chai Vinh Moc (Vinh Moc Fishing Village).

Sharing the Same River is the first feature film of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema. It won the Golden Lotus prize, the highest accolade, at the second Viet Nam Film Festival in 1973.

Made the same year, 17th Parallel, Nights and Days was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival, where Tra Giang, who played the main female role, won the award for Best Actress. — VNS