On the Same River
A strongly anti-colonialist tale of two lovers: Van, a guerrilla fighter for North Viet-Nam, and Hoai, a young woman from the South, who find themselves separated across the Ben Hai River following th…
On the Same River
A strongly anti-colonialist tale of two lovers: Van, a guerrilla fighter for North Viet-Nam, and Hoai, a young woman from the South, who find themselves separated across the Ben Hai River following the partition of the country. The first feature shot in North Vietnam is a stirring, strongly anti-colonialist tale of two lovers, Van (Manh Linh) a guerrilla fighter for the North, and Hoai (Phi Nga), a young woman from the South, who find themselves separated across the Ben Hai River following the partition of the country. Shot in poetic black and white and attuned to the rituals of everyday life along the river, this milestone of Vietnamese cinema powerfully dramatizes the human toll of the country's division.
On the Same River
Drama,Romance
Film Details
A strongly anti-colonialist tale of two lovers: Van, a guerrilla fighter for North Viet-Nam, and Hoai, a young woman from the South, who find themselves separated across the Ben Hai River following the partition of the country. The first feature shot in North Vietnam is a stirring, strongly anti-colonialist tale of two lovers, Van (Manh Linh) a guerrilla fighter for the North, and Hoai (Phi Nga), a young woman from the South, who find themselves separated across the Ben Hai River following the partition of the country. Shot in poetic black and white and attuned to the rituals of everyday life along the river, this milestone of Vietnamese cinema powerfully dramatizes the human toll of the country's division..