Trót Yêu

Hanh is a dutiful wife and school teacher in a rural Vietnamese village who appears to enjoy a happy marriage. Childless, she insists her husband Phoung, the local school headmaster, take a second wife to bear him a baby. But in the small village, their secret is impossible to keep for long.

The film is set in the winter-spring battle that lasted 60 days and nights from late 1946 to early 1947 in Hanoi, the story follows the militiaman Van Dan and his love story with the piano-loving lady Thuc Huong. When others had evacuated to the war zone, they decided to defend the capital that had been devastated by bombs and bullets, despite the dangers that awaited them.

When the owner of a coconut-making business suddenly passes away, his young heiress Sáu Mân takes over estate and marries its chief craftsman to oblige her father’s will. Once a young, unburdened schoolgirl, Sáu Mân now carries the fate of the workers and the business in her estate, while still having to shoulder the childrearing duties.