Movies: Thinh Trinh

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement....

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s....

Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War....

The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin....

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf ...

The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle....

Returning to Vietnam after many years of studying abroad, a doctorate in atomic force Thai Duong entered an unimaginable reality. Many funny situations took place in his family when he was pondering over choosing a job in a new environment. Thai Duon...

North Vietnam, 20th century. An aristocrat socialite falls in love with a poor scholar while her father, a powerful governor, is determined to separate them, even with extreme measures....

One month before the Fall of Saigon, a city in Central Highland plunges into chaos, as its disillusioned citizens prepare to witness what was once a glorious and beautiful time collapse before their own eyes....

A boy, abandoned by his family, finds himself struggle to continue his study at school and make a living without stepping in the crime-ridden path of his brother. One of the most acclaimed Vietnamese children films that reflects Đổi Mới era in how ma...

An adaption from Vietnamese funny folktales....

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated....

The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan (nicknamed Red-haired Xuan for his sunburnt hair) is working as a ball boy. Their encounter that day would change Xuan's life forever, as the widow introd...

Mid-1960s in North Vietnam, in an area near the border with Laos. It tells the story of Vietnamese patriots fighting for their country's independence. The Americans land troops in the border area where the Mao people live. Among the paratroopers were...

The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism...

To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband....

An elderly couple from Vinh and their grandchild takes a coach to Viet Tri The passengers face numerous harassments during the journey, but luckily a youth volunteer and a discharged soldier are determined to help them....

After the war, a young man reuniting with his beloved must deal with the fact that she has gone insane....

The head of a farming co-operative demolishes his house to free up land for the construction of a new irrigation canal, which causes great distress for him and his family....

Laughter Epidemic is an old Vietnamese film directed by Do Minh Tuan that tells the story of a hydroelectric power plant that is about to be built in the countryside. When the general director came here, he said that "the valley of pain will turn int...