Nguyễn Thị Thắm

Directing

Nguyễn Thị Thắm

Known for

Directing

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8 titles

Known for

Song Lang poster
6.8

Set against a gloriously filmed backdrop of the distinctly jaded charm of mid-90s Saigon, the lives of two men intertwine as they are both bound by traditions and honor. One to his mafia family, the other to the traveling troupe that performs elaborate classic operas. Yet they have much more in common than either wants to admit.

Song Lang

2018

Ky Nam Inn poster
7.5

Set in 1985 post-war Vietnam, Khang moves to Saigon after securing a position to translate "The Little Prince." Due to his family connections, Khang's life under the new regime is secure. But everything changes when he meets Ky Nam, a reserved older widow who lives in Khang's new community.

Ky Nam Inn

2025

Madam Phung's Last Journey poster
8.0

Endearing Madame Phung and her transvestite singers travel around Vietnam, sparking fascination and hostility from the local people.

Madam Phung's Last Journey

2014

Buffalo Boy poster
6.5

Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes friends who will lead him to his place in the world.

Buffalo Boy

2004

Vietnam, Where Are You? poster
NR

The first sports documentary about the Vietnamese women's national football team and their historic journey to the prestigious FIFA World Cup. From barefoot beginnings in rural Vietnam, these women have steadily risen to reach the esteemed stage of the FIFA World Cup.

Vietnam, Where Are You?

2024

Hello my Child, Hello my Baby poster
NR

A young couple from the Ho Chi Minh City middle-class, both architects, are expecting their first child. Having only just reached adulthood, the young man is getting ready to become a father. He begins to become aware of the new responsibilities and the role he will now have to take on. But behind this figure of the new young father, the outline of a young mother is also visible in filigree.

Hello my Child, Hello my Baby

2005

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