A Fool's Wisdom

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).

Dũng, a well-accomplished leader of a platoon, is suddenly sent back to the rear to help the militia transport supplies and ammunitions to the frontlines. He reluctantly heeds his superiors’ order, and soon finds himself acquainted with Nhàn, one of the militia’s most hardworking members.

In mid-1960s, groups of American paratroopers arrive at a Hmong village near the Vietnam-Laos border. Among the troops are former villagers who collaborated with the French; having returned home , they seek to win over the village’s support.

In colonial French Indochina, a woman sells her daughter and four dogs in a desperate attempt to save her husband from torture when they can’t pay off the government taxes.

Silent Soldiers tells the stories of soldiers on the battlefield. The film is set amongst the opening of the campaign against Buon Ma Thuot. The troops hid in the rubber forest waiting for orders. Old Lung and his daughter Ho May are the silent soldiers operating in the enemy's heart, as scouts for the army. News of Gia Lung's father and son helped the army capture Buon Ma Thuot.

Story of the First Indochina War (1946-1954) in which Soviet Union has actively supported Vietnamese side.