Trần Nhượng

A thrilling and haunting account of historical events in the Trịnh clan in the late 18th century with the central conflict between lord Trịnh Sâm who was feeble and indecisive, and a cunning and manipulative concubine named Đặng Thị Huệ. Based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Huy Tưởng.

Freshly graduated from college, Cuong enters an internship and is determined to make a career for himself without the help of his wealthy industrialist dad or the connections of his well-esteemed veteran grandpa. But when the sudden appearance of a hotshot candidate threatens to take away the dream job of his life, Cuong begins to have a change of heart.

Toward the end of 1946, residents from all walks of Hanoi struggle to avoid—and eventually accept—the possibility of a full-blown war.