Acting

Thu An

Born May 1, 1922 · Hanoi, Vietnam

Died October 3, 2011 · aged 89

Distinguished Artist Thu An (full name Nguyễn Thị Thu An, 1 May 1922 - 3 October 2011) was a Vietnamese actress, one of the veterans of Vietnamese cinema. She was best remembered for her roles as peasant women in "The August Star" (Sao tháng tám, d. Trần Đắc, 1976); the series "My Mother-in-law" (Mẹ chồng tôi, d. Khải Hưng, 1994); "The Retired General" (Tướng về hưu, d. Nguyễn Khắc Lợi, 1988). Thu…

Known For

Coordinates of Death

Coordinates of Death · 1986

Coordinates of Death

The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.

The Guava House

The Guava House · 2002

The Guava House

A mentally challenged man spends his days working as an artist's model and visiting the now-occupied house of his childhood, where his beloved guava tree sits.

The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country · 2004

The Beautiful Country

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

Nesting Season in Hanoi

Nesting Season in Hanoi · 1978

Nesting Season in Hanoi

MovieDramaRomance

Hanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating postwar life. A young couple struggle to be together as individual happiness gets in the way.

Obsession

Obsession · 1988

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

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village · 1982

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village

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).

The Pot From A Past Life

The Pot From A Past Life · 1990

The Pot From A Past Life

An old man chances upon a ceramic teapot while working as a gravedigger. Fervently believing that the teapot is a valuable piece of antique, he risks life and death to protect it against the concern of his family.

Those We Have Met

Those We Have Met · 1979

Those We Have Met

The life of two soldiers after war, who try to continue their studies at the university.

Filmography

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Coordinates of Death

Coordinates of Death · 1986

Coordinates of Death

The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.

The old mother

The Guava House

The Guava House · 2002

The Guava House

A mentally challenged man spends his days working as an artist's model and visiting the now-occupied house of his childhood, where his beloved guava tree sits.

Seller of paper offerings

The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country · 2004

The Beautiful Country

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

Old Woman

Nesting Season in Hanoi

Nesting Season in Hanoi · 1978

Nesting Season in Hanoi

MovieDramaRomance

Hanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating postwar life. A young couple struggle to be together as individual happiness gets in the way.

Mrs. Trọng

Obsession

Obsession · 1988

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

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village · 1982

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village

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).

Vendor

The Pot From A Past Life

The Pot From A Past Life · 1990

The Pot From A Past Life

An old man chances upon a ceramic teapot while working as a gravedigger. Fervently believing that the teapot is a valuable piece of antique, he risks life and death to protect it against the concern of his family.

Those We Have Met

Those We Have Met · 1979

Those We Have Met

The life of two soldiers after war, who try to continue their studies at the university.

Mẹ kế Sơn

Song of the Stork

Song of the Stork · 2003

Song of the Stork

A story about young men who had to go war to protest their country. Each of them has his own story.

May’s mother

Little Stars

Little Stars · 1980

Two talented swimmers from a small village are invited by a factory to compete for their team in national tournaments, but soon discover they are being used as a publicity ploy by the factory.

Mẹ Vân

Ephemeral Fate

Ephemeral Fate · 1990

MovieDramaHistory

The battle for political power in the Trịnh clan continues after the death of Lord Trịnh Sâm in this sequel of "Night of Long Tri." The rivals are two famous concubines of Trịnh Sâm: Dương Thị Ngọc Hoan and Đặng Thị Huệ.

Bà lão nông dân

My Sweetheart Is Getting Married

My Sweetheart Is Getting Married · 1995

My Sweetheart Is Getting Married

Ten years after signing up as an army nurse, a woman returns to her village with a son in tow. Because she has no proof that she was ever married, the conservative village folk shun her.

Bà nội Tuấn

On the Same River

On the Same River · 1959

On the Same River

MovieDramaRomance

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.

Ms. Cạn

The General Retires

The General Retires · 1988

The General Retires

A general who devoted his life to the communist cause, retires, only to find that his household is in disarray, his grown children money-grubbing, and Vietnamese society far from the rosy picture of equality he'd imagined he'd helped make it.

Ms. Thuấn

From The Same Forests

From The Same Forests · 1978

From The Same Forests

Two classmates volunteer to work in logistics across the forests of Trường Sơn mountains.

The Little Girl of Hanoi

The Little Girl of Hanoi · 1974

The Little Girl of Hanoi

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

Owner of evacuation house

Tempestuous Fate

Tempestuous Fate · 1989

Tempestuous Fate

After a streak of betrayals in love, a scholar harbours a disdain for women and vows to stay away from their “venomous nature”. However, he soon grows increasingly obsessed with a prostitute he encountered one night, and falls deeply in love with her against the prejudices of his social class.

U già

August Star

August Star · 1977

MovieWarHistory

The plot of the film revolves around revolutionary soldiers who come from different classes, but all share the same patriotism. They had to overcome many life-and-death challenges and enormous adversities in order to mobilise the masses to prepare for an uprising and seize power from the Japanese fascists, in a situation where the country fell into the tragedy of famine.

Công nhân khu mỏ

A Visitor from the Countryside

A Visitor from the Countryside · 1993

A Visitor from the Countryside

A woman running from her past meets a poor farmer who offers to marry her and raise her newborn as his own. After marrying they struggle to make a happy life together as their family grows and the war rages around them.

Bà Tạo

The Population Planning Minister

The Population Planning Minister · 1984

The Population Planning Minister

The president of a small village is appointed to be the minister for population planning, a controversial decision for the residents and his wife who is trying for another baby.

Mother of Nhất's wife

I Have Only You

I Have Only You · 1992

I Have Only You

MovieDramaRomance

After the war, a young man reuniting with his beloved must deal with the fact that she has gone insane.

Vãi Lộc

The Story of Mr. Lực and His Wife

The Story of Mr. Lực and His Wife · 1971

The Story of Mr. Lực and His Wife

MovieDramaFamily

The head of a farming co-operative demolishes his house to free up land for the construction of a new irrigation canal, which causes great distress for him and his family.

Vợ ông Củng

Người thổi tù và hàng tổng

Người thổi tù và hàng tổng · 1999

Người thổi tù và hàng tổng

Mẹ Tuần