Young actresses in a scene in Mat Biec (Blue Eyes), a production based on a famous novel by Nguyen Nhat Anh. The film is expected to be a hit this Christmas season (Photo courtesy of the pro🔜ducer) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Three Vietnamese films produced by HCM City filmmakers areready for release during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Vietnamese-American director Victor Vu’s film Mat Biec (BlueEyes) is expected to be a hit and a step forward for the season.
Its producer, Galaxy Studios, one of the country’s leading private filmcompanies, hired Vu, a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in the US,and 1,400 professional and amateur artists for the cast.
A group of young actors were chosen to guarantee that the film wouldappeal to young audiences. The crew spent two years onpre-production before filming last year. The film’s soundtrack hasattracted more than 30 million views on YouTube.
Mat Biec tells the love story of Ngan, a rural boy from Quang Nam province, andhis childhood friend, Ha Lan, during their school years. When Lan turns tolove a rich man but is betrayed, Ngan still stands beside Lan.
The film is based on a novel of the same name written by bestselling children’sauthor Nguyen Nhat Anh. The book was published in 1990 and became abestseller. It has been reprinted several times by the Tre (Youth) PublishingHouse.
Vu’s first film in Vietnam was Chuyen Tinh Xa Xu (Passport toLove), a romantic comedy distributed in Vietnam and the US in 2008.
He directed blockbusters such as Thien Menh Anh Hung (BloodLetter), Bi Mat Tham Do (Scandal), Qua Tim Mau (VengefulHeart) and Nguoi Bat Tu (The Immortal).
The horror film Qua Tim Mau earned more than 24 billion VND (1.1million USD) in just three days after its release in 2014.
Vu has won top prizes at film festivals at home and abroad, including theGolden Kite Prize for Best Director in Hanoi in 2013.
The other thriller is Chi Chi Em Em (Sister Sister), aproduction by Vietnamese-American director Kathy Uyen, starring supermodelThanh Hang and pop icon Chi Pu. Young actor Lanh Thanh is also featured.
The film is about female homosexuality and includes scenes rated for viewersaged 18 and above.
“My film is not just about love and sex. It's about feminism,” saidKathy.
Both Mat Biec and Chi Chi Em Em will be incinemas on December 20.
Producer Nhat Trung’s latest film, Nang: Loi Hua Gia Dinh (Sunshine:Family Promise), is a sequel to Nang (Sunshine) that wasreleased in 2016.
The previous part of Nang earned 70 billion VND (3 million USD)in ticket sales last season.
This show is directed by Dong Dang Giang and stars famous comic actressThu Trang and child actress Ngan Chi. It features motherhood.
Nang 3: Loi Hua Gia Dinh will be released on Christmas Eve./.
VNA
