In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.
Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.
A young couple, whose love blooms from their mutual appreciation of Chingiz Aitmatov's "Tales of the Mountains and the Steppes", struggles with their personal romanticism and faith in each other as the novel becomes subjected to a new era's changing ideas about art.
One of the three collaborated movies by Trinh Cong Son (songwriter), Hong Sen (director), and Nguyen Quang Sang (novelist). The other two are "Mùa Gió Chướng" and "Cánh Đồng Hoang".
A Vietnamese woman from an ethnic minority is grieving over the death of her husband caused by the U.S. bomb. An American fighter pilot is shot down and desperately trying to survive under the U.S. bombing in the jungle where the woman lives.
