The Vietnamese romantic comedy Em La Ba Noi Cua Anh (Sweet twenty),
inspired by the South Korean film Miss Granny, when earned VND26 billion
(over US$1 million) at the box office after just one week in theaters.
The Saigon Comedy Club in conjunction with Comedy Club Asia will
organise Apocalaughs Now comedy show featuring Nick Page from the UK and
Peter Berner from Australia at Cargo Bar on August 19.
Director Charlie Nguyen is set to surprise cinema audiences once again with his next choice of project, which is being billed as Viet Nam''s first road trip comedy.
The famous comedian Xuan Bac has sued the DMC film
studio and the Viet Sky Art and Event Co for alleged copyright
violation, complaining that a comedy routine he performed was reproduced
and distributed by them without his permission.
A play depicting love, jealousy and betrayal,
written by Vu Trong Phung, one of Viet Nam''s leading writers in the
1930s, will be staged in California, US tomorrow.
