''Saigon Eclipse'' (Sài Gòn nhật thực) is a 2007 Vietnamese film directed by Othello Khanh
and starring
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Johnny Trí Nguyễn
Johnny Trí Nguyễn is a Vietnamese–American actor, martial artist, action choreographer and stuntman who is mainly active in the Vietnamese film industry.
Born in Bình Dương, Saigon, Vietnam, Nguyễn and his family immigrated to the ...
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Như Quỳnh
Lê Lâm Quỳnh Như ( or ; born 9 September 1970), known professionally as Như Quỳnh ( or ), is a Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese-American singer. Performing Vietnamese popular music in the Overseas Vietnamese, diaspora, she is internation ...
, Daniel You, Edmund Chen, and Joseph Chen Tseng. It is based on
Nguyễn Du
Nguyễn Du (; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), pen names Tố Như () and Thanh Hiên (), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet. He is most known for writing the epic poem ''The Tale of Kiều''.
Biography
Youth
Nguyễn Du was born in a gre ...
's epic poem, ''
The Tale of Kiều
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Plot
The story relates the destiny of a young, beautiful and talented Vietnamese woman who sacrifices herself for her family. The film chronicles the fate of Kieu, a beautiful young girl, who soon after her secret engagement, returns home to find her father is about to be imprisoned on trumped-up charges. Kieu offers herself in payment for her father's debt without fully understanding the ramifications of the decision. Du's poem was written as an allegory for Vietnam, which has often been possessed and abused by others.
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2007 films
Films shot in Vietnam
Vietnamese-language films
2007 thriller films
2007 in Vietnam
Vietnamese thriller films
2000s English-language films
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