Ngo Quang Hai

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Ngo Quang Hai

Born April 30, 1967 · Hải Phòng, Vietnam (age 59)

Ngô Quang Hải (30 April 1967) is a Vietnamese actor, director, screenwriter and producer.

Known For

IndochineIndochine · 1992
Indochine
★ 7.01992
MovieDramaRomance
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
The Quiet AmericanThe Quiet American · 2002
The Quiet American
★ 6.62002
MovieRomanceThriller
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
CycloCyclo · 1995
Cyclo
★ 6.91995
MovieDramaCrime
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 of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
The Vertical Ray of the SunThe Vertical Ray of the Sun · 2000
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
★ 6.62000
MovieDramaRomance
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
Three SeasonsThree Seasons · 1999
Three Seasons
★ 7.21999
MovieDrama
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.
The Story of PaoThe Story of Pao · 2006
The Story of Pao
★ 7.52006
MovieDrama
Set in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother dies in an accident, and she begins to track down her birth mother. But her journey turns out to disclose an unsealed sentimental drama of the family in the past.
HIT: Hoàng Tử Và Lọ LemHIT: Hoàng Tử Và Lọ Lem · 2013
HIT: Hoàng Tử Và Lọ Lem
2013
MovieComedy
Song of the StorkSong of the Stork · 2003
Song of the Stork
★ 7.02003
Movie
A story about young men who had to go war to protest their country. Each of them has his own story.

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