''Girl from Hanoi'' () is a 1974 Vietnamese
drama film
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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 ...
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 Vietnamese cinema 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), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; , , ), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (), the People's Army () or colloquially the Troops ( ), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic o ...
, after her mother and sister are killed during
Christmas Bombings
Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings and, in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu in the air, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from 18 December to 29 December ...
.
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. TOE.
Cast
* Thế Anh
* Xuan Kim
* Lan Huong Nguyen
* Tu Thanh
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Production
This film was made during
Operation Linebacker II
Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings and, in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu in the air, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from 18 December to 29 December ...
during the Vietnam War, and extensive use of war-time scenery is used depicting war-time
Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
.
See also
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Vietnam War in film
This article lists notable films related to the Vietnam War.
Themes and genres
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 not ...
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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