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| | name = Saigon Love Story | | name = Saigon Love Story | ||
| | image = Saigon Love Story poster.jpg | | image = Saigon Love Story poster.jpg | ||
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| | released = {{Film date|2006|08||Asian Film Festival of Dallas|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asiancinefest.blogspot.com/2006/08/acf-009-asian-film-festival-of-dallas.html|title=AsianCineFest: ACF 009: Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2006|date=15 August 2006|publisher=|accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref>|2008|02|14|Vietnam|df=y}} | |||
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| '''''Saigon Love Story''''' is ]'s first ] filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including ] and ]. One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, ] director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first ] project. "Saigon Love Story" had a |
'''''Saigon Love Story''''' is ]'s first ] filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2007/04/12/a_splashy_entrance_saigon_love_story/ |title=A Splashy Entrance: 'Saigon Love Story' |date=2007-04-12 |author1=Arion Berger |newspaper=] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref> One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, ] director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first ] project. "Saigon Love Story" had a screening at ] 2006. The film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the ] 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the ] 2006. The film traveled throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists, but which also created political controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oe-schou6sep06-story.html|title=A Vietnam War in O.C.|website=]|date=6 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/news-loves-labor-lost-6365150/|title = Love's Labor Lost – OC Weekly| date=30 August 2007 }}</ref> It was released on Valentine's Day in 2008 across Vietnam. | ||
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| Set in Vietnam during the 1980s, Danh is a young boy growing up in Saigon. Though he should help his mother |
Set in Vietnam during the 1980s, Danh is a young boy growing up in Saigon. Though he should help his mother sell noodles from a cart out of their home, he often sneaks out to buy cassettes. | ||
| ⚫ | One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious, beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, ''Saigon Love Story''. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life. | ||
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| ⚫ | One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, ''Saigon Love Story''. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life. | ||
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2006 film| Saigon Love Story | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ringo Le |
| Written by | Ringo Le |
| Produced by | Tammy Le |
| Starring | Ngo Thanh Van, Duc Tien, Hứa Vĩ Văn, Yen Vy, Nguyen Chanh Tin |
| Cinematography | Lam Lan Triet |
| Distributed by | Celluloid Dragon Pictures |
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Saigon Love Story is Vietnam's first movie musical filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including Saigon and Phan Thiet. One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry, overseas Vietnamese director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first feature film project. "Saigon Love Story" had a screening at VC FilmFest 2006. The film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2006. The film traveled throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists, but which also created political controversy. It was released on Valentine's Day in 2008 across Vietnam.
Plot
Set in Vietnam during the 1980s, Danh is a young boy growing up in Saigon. Though he should help his mother sell noodles from a cart out of their home, he often sneaks out to buy cassettes.
One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious, beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, Saigon Love Story. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life.
References
- "AsianCineFest: ACF 009: Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2006". 15 August 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- Arion Berger (2007-04-12). "A Splashy Entrance: 'Saigon Love Story'". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- "A Vietnam War in O.C." Los Angeles Times. 6 September 2007.
- "Love's Labor Lost – OC Weekly". 30 August 2007.
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