Lịch Du

Acting

Lịch Du

Born February 6, 1940 · An Thi, French Indochina [now Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam]

Died January 27, 2021 · aged 80

Lịch Du (6 February, 1940 – 27 January, 2021) was a Vietnamese actress and screenwriter. One of the first graduates of the Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema, she began acting in 1966, and the only main role she had throughout her career was Đuông Chăn, a Lao mother in Nguyễn Khắc Lợi's "Hai người mẹ" (1975). Some of her scripts were directed by Hoàng Tích Chỉ.

Known For

FlameFlame · 1969
Flame
1969
MovieDramaWar
17th Parallel, Nights and Days17th Parallel, Nights and Days · 1973
17th Parallel, Nights and Days
★ 8.01973
MovieDramaWar
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
A Bird that Knows Its WayA Bird that Knows Its Way · 1979
A Bird that Knows Its Way
1979
MovieDrama
Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of an institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”.
Two MothersTwo Mothers · 1975
Two Mothers
1975
MovieHistoryWar
Upon meeting a young Vietnamese soldier during his brief stay in the Lao mountains, a woman begins recalling to her daughter episodes of her life ever since she had to leave Northwest Vietnam in 1952, including her fateful encounter with a Lao mother.
Return to the Sedge FieldsReturn to the Sedge Fields · 1973
Return to the Sedge Fields
1973
MovieDrama
Discharged from the Army after losing an arm in the battlefield, Lê Vân returns home. He seeks to help rebuild it, but realises that a life spent fighting has made him disconnected from the villagers and their ideas.
Tempestuous FateTempestuous Fate · 1989
Tempestuous Fate
1989
MovieDrama
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.
The Foster ChildThe Foster Child · 1977
The Foster Child
1977
MovieDramaWar
Memories at the Moon HillMemories at the Moon Hill · 1989
Memories at the Moon Hill
1989
MovieDrama

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