Little Girl from Hanoi

Name: Little Girl from Hanoi
Director: Nguyen Hai Ninh
Released: 1974
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Cast: Giang Tra, The Anh, Xuan Kim, Tu Thang, Quynh Anh

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1974
Nguyen Hai Ninh
85 mins

Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Whereas American pictures made during the Vietnam War concentrated on gung-ho heroics, government-sponsored Vietnamese films like Vinh Linh Steel Rampart dealt with the desperate Communist resistance. However, Nguyen Hai Ninh's drama focuses on the human cost of the conflict, as a 12-year-old girl goes looking for her family during the Christmas air raids on Hanoi, only to meet a kindly soldier, to whom she confides her memories of happier times. As all Vietnamese pictures were made in black and white until the mid-1980s, the action has a newsreel feel to it, which reinforces its propaganda value.

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Cast

rolenameTBCGiang Tra TBCThe Anh TBCXuan Kim TBCTu Thang TBCQuynh Anh TBCHa Trong TBCTue Minh TBCTran The Dzan TBCHoang Van

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rolenameDirectorNguyen Hai Ninh

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Languages

Vietnamese

Formats

Black and white