{"id":667,"date":"2022-02-22T15:16:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=667"},"modified":"2022-02-28T03:21:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T03:21:40","slug":"vietnamese-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/vietnamese-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever watched a Vietnamese\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(film, movie)? By that I mean a\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that is made in Vietnam and has English subtitles. To be honest, I wasn\u2019t interested much in Vietnamese\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>. The acting was known to be too stiff, the content was not interesting, and the overall production quality was not that advanced. Who would want to watch\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that was made under the Government\u2019s directives, or only to meet the Government\u2019s propaganda purposes? Well, those were the issues in the past.<\/p>\n

With the booming economy and new, privately-owned sectors, more money has been invested in the entertainment industry, including the film industry. As a result, quite a number of high budget and quality films have been recently made in Vietnam. Film genres and topics have also expanded, including drama and comedy, thrillers, action, romance, and television series. Vietnam’s film industry is definitely flourishing and catching up with the west and other Asian countries, namely Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan.<\/p>\n

Back in the 80s and 90s,\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0b\u1ed9<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(television series)\u00a0from\u00a0H\u1ed3ng K\u00f4ng<\/em> (Hongkong) and \u0110\u00e0i<\/em>\u00a0Loan<\/em>\u00a0(Taiwan), dubbed in Vietnamese, were extremely popular among the Vietnamese who live in the south and overseas. Almost any\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0b\u1ed9<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>about\u00a0fantasy-martial arts based on the books written by Chinese writer\u00a0Kim Dung<\/em>\u00a0(\u67e5\u826f\u93dePinyin: Cha Leung Yung) such as\u00a0\u201cTh\u1ea7n \u0110i\u00eau \u0110\u1ea1i Hi\u1ec7p<\/em>\u201d (The Legend of the Condor Heroes),\u00a0or\u00a0\u201c\u1ef6 Thi\u00ean \u0110\u1ed3 Long Ki\u1ebfm<\/em>\u201d (The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber) were popular and cultural mainstays. You bet, I watched them all, and loved\u00a0them!<\/p>\n

Today, popular\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0b\u1ed9<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>that are watched by the Vietnamese, besides\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0b\u1ed9<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Vietnam, are mostly from Korea, China, and India. I learned that Chinese historical drama TV series are actually shown every day in Vietnam television programming. As for Vietnamese\u00a0phim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0b\u1ed9<\/em><\/strong>\u00b8\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u201cB\u1ed1 Gi\u00e0\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(Godfather)\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cB\u1ebfn Kh\u00f4ng Ch\u1ed3ng<\/em>\u201d\u00a0(No-Husband Dock) are among some good ones that I have watched.<\/p>\n

I was quite impressed with some recent Vietnamese movies with English Subtitles that I found on Netflix including \u201cDreamy Eyes\u201d (\u201cM\u1eaft<\/em>\u00a0Bi\u1ebfc\u201d\u00a0<\/em>in Vietnamese)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cThe Camelia Sisters\u201d (\u201cG\u00e1i Gi\u00e0 L\u1eafm Chi\u00eau\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in Vietnamese). \u201cDreamy Eyes\u201d is a romantic drama based on the book of the same name written by popular writer Nguy\u1ec5n\u00a0Nh\u1eadt \u00c1nh.\u00a0The cinematography in that movie is beautiful. Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n