''Girl from Hanoi'' ( vi, Em bé Hà Nội) is a 1974 Vietnamese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Hải Ninh. It was entered into the
9th Moscow International Film Festival
The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film '' The Promised Land'' directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film ''Dersu Uzala'' directed by Akira Kurosawa a ...
where it won a Diploma.
It also won the
Golden Lotus at the 3rd
Vietnam Film Festival
The Vietnam Film Festival ( Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim Việt Nam), founded in 1970, is a domestic film festival of Vietnam. It is considered as the major event of Cinema of Vietnam with awards for numerous categories ranging from feature film t ...
.
Plot
The plot of the film revolves around a young girl searching for her father, a soldier in the
PAVN
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; vi, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, QĐNDVN), also recognized as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) or the Vietnamese Army (), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed win ...
, after her mother and sister are killed during
Christmas Bombings.
The film makes significant use of visual imagery and depicts war-time life in Hanoi under the aegis of the most intense sustained bombing campaign during the war.
Cast
* Thế Anh
* Xuan Kim
* Lan Huong Nguyen
* Tu Thanh
*
Tra Giang
Production
This film was made during
Operation Linebacker II
Operation Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by U.S. Seventh Air Force, Strategic Air Command and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) during the final period of ...
during the Vietnam War, and extensive use of war-time scenery is used depicting war-time
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
.
See also
*
Vietnam War in film
This article lists notable films related to the Vietnam War.
Post-war films
After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, there was an increase in American films that were more "raw", containing actual battle footage. A FilmReference.com article noted th ...
References
External links
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1974 drama films
1970s historical drama films
Vietnamese-language films
Vietnam War films
Vietnamese historical drama films
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