Trần Kim Thành

During the war, a woman learns that her husband is an army deserter.

Thứ, a teacher in an impoverished village of French occupied Vietnam, witnesses the daily tragedies and hardships his neighborhood has to endure. A joint adaptation of three of Nam Cao's classic works: the short stories "Chi Pheo", "Old Hạc" (Lão Hạc) and the novel "Corroded Life" (Sống mòn).

An ex-fighter pilot renounces life and becomes a monk to seek salvation after the tragic death of his wife upon giving birth to a malformed fetus, which he blames on his mysterious illness. One day, a friend in combat visits him and sheds light on his miseries.

A director pays a visit to a hydroelectric plant construction site and gives a grandiose speech on the impending glory of its opening. His exaggerated body language soon becomes a running gag among the workers who pass around the rumour that he might have dropped the diamond ring during the speech, which the director ironically - and wholeheartedly- believes.