Nhu Quynh
Nguyễn Như Quỳnh (born in 1954, known as Như Quỳnh) is a Vietnamese actress and People's Artist (NSND). She is also known as an amateur poet. She graduated in 1971 from the Vietnam Theatre School, today the University of Theatre and Film, Hanoi (SKDA). Two years later, she acted as one of the two female leads in her first film, Bài ca ra trận ("The Song of Battle", d. Trần Đắc, 1973). Then with her role as Nết in Đến hẹn lại lên ("We'll Be Seeing Us Again", d. Trần Vũ, 1974), Như Quỳnh won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd Vietnam Film Festival in 1975. Her roles in a series of French co-productions, Indochine (1992), Cyclo (1995) and Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) introduced her to a foreign audience.
The Third Wife
as Ba LaoThough only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new...
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The Vertical Ray of the Sun
as SuongHanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale...
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Cyclo
as MadamFollows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi...
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The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
as DirectorAt the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love...
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Noble
as Madame LinhChristina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her...
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Adrift
as uncreditedSoon after her wedding, newlywed Duyen's excitement begins to fade as she realizes her young...
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The White Silk Dress
as uncreditedA family living in poverty faces financial difficulties while striving to educate their...
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Between Shadow and Soul
as uncreditedMây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late...
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Blood Curse
as uncreditedThe film tells the scary, haunting adventures of three medical university students who...
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Pao's Story
as uncreditedSet in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film...
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Money, Money!
as uncreditedReturning to Vietnam after many years of studying abroad, a doctorate in atomic force Thai Duong...
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Rise
as Diệu’s GrandmaA rags to riches story of unusual circumstance. 'Huong Ga - Rise' is the story of Dieu....
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Touch Happiness
as uncreditedThe story is a miniature society with views on love and life values. Let the characters exclaim...
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Trading Happiness
as NghiThe Vietnamese Nghi has a bad feeling as she sees the foreign Chinese groom for the first time...
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Until We Meet Again
as NếtOn a festive spring day in 1940, two young quan họ singers fall in love. But their relationship...
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Time in the Jungle
as uncreditedDefectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.
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Long Legged Girls
as uncreditedThuy is a country girl. She met Hoang, who is photographer for a fashion company. Thuy entered...
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March to the Front
as MaiMarch to the Front depicts the Resistance War Against America (Vietnam War) through the lens of...
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Quiet Night
as uncreditedQuiet Night is an old Vietnamese film produced in 1984 by director Tran Phuong with the...
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First Love
as Diễm HươngStudent Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem...
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Wharf of Widows
as Mrs. HonBased on a well-known novel of the same title by author Duong Huong, “Wharf of Widows” reflects...
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Dumb Luck
as Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan...
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Nesting Season in Hanoi
as NguyệtHanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating...
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The Holy Day
as ÁiA story about a Catholic Village by the sea in Northern Vietnam in the early 60's, where people...
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