Như Quỳnh

Acting

Như Quỳnh

Born January 1, 1954 · Hanoi, Vietnam (age 72)

Nguyễn Như Quỳnh (born in 1954, known as Như Quỳnh) is a Vietnamese actress and People's Artist (NSND). She is also known as an amateur poet. She graduated in 1971 from the Vietnam Theatre School, today the University of Theatre and Film, Hanoi (SKDA). Two years later, she acted as one of the two female leads in her first film, Bài ca ra trận ("The Song of Battle", d. Trần Đắc, 1973). Then with he…

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First LoveFirst Love · 1977
First Love
1977
MovieRomanceDrama
Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.
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.
Long Legged GirlsLong Legged Girls · 2004
Long Legged Girls
3.02004
MovieDrama
In an attempt to break into the Saigon fashion scene, an emerging model becomes the mistress of a famous photographer.
The Chinese Botanist's DaughtersThe Chinese Botanist's Daughters · 2006
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
6.42006
MovieDrama
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
The Third WifeThe Third Wife · 2019
The Third Wife
6.52019
MovieDrama
Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.
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.
Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor
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Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor · 2026
Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor
2026
MovieActionDrama
Set in the Dinh Dynasty of the 10th century, the period film follows seven loyal warriors who must race against time to transport 99 coffins to different parts of the kingdom as a decoy to the enemy and keep the final resting place of the first emperor a secret.
Blood CurseBlood Curse · 2012
Blood Curse
6.02012
MovieHorror
The film tells the scary, haunting adventures of three medical university students who accidentally discover a species of wormwood that is made with human blood in an ancient wooden box containing a piece of withered tree and amulet. He placed it deep in a messy bookshelf in Professor Hoan Sinh's house. That is wormwood blood, a secret medicine of the Sang La people.

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