Thinh Trinh

Acting

Thinh Trinh

Born — Died

1927-07-20 — 2014-04-12

Place of birth

Hanoï, French Indochina [now Vietnam]

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Trịnh Thịnh (July 20, 1927 – April 12, 2014) was a Vietnamese actor, known for his roles in many films as a peasant or a countryman.

Known for

Indochine poster
7.0

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.

Indochine

1992

No artwork available
NR

The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan (nicknamed Red-haired Xuan for his sunburnt hair) is working as a ball boy. Their encounter that day would change Xuan’s life forever, as the widow introduced him to an entirely different world of the hypocritical and decadent petite bourgeoisie class, a condition of “Westernized” middle-class Hanoians under French colonial rule in the 1920s. An 8-part series adapted from Vu Trong Phung’s classic satire.

Dumb Luck

1990

Cyclo poster
6.9

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

Cyclo

1995

The Curse of Snake Valley poster
6.0

The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.

The Curse of Snake Valley

1988

Far South poster
10.0

Catherine Tannerre, a young journalist, witnesses a pact of friendship between three Frenchmen in Vietnam. Each takes a different path: one is a priest helping the local people, the second aspires to become an advisor to the Emperor, and the last longs to start a family. But their destinies become intertwined, and Catherine soon suffers heartbreak and betrayal...

Far South

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cầu thang nhà A6

1999

Film credits

1990s · 7 titles

Indochine poster
7.0

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.

Indochine

1992

Cyclo poster
6.9

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

Cyclo

1995

The Tempest poster
NR

A wealthy bourgeois covers up his rape of a village woman, but the event soon cascades into the destruction of his own family.

The Tempest

1991

A Nameless Eucalyptus poster
NR

The forbidden love story between a widower who had lost his son and a woman whose husband's fate on the battlefield during the war against the US imperialist is unknown.

A Nameless Eucalyptus

1996

Nostalgia for the Countryside poster
5.5

The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.

Nostalgia for the Countryside

1997

I Have Only You poster
NR

After the war, a young man reuniting with his beloved must deal with the fact that she has gone insane.

I Have Only You

1992

The Pot From A Past Life poster
NR

An old man chances upon a ceramic teapot while working as a gravedigger. Fervently believing that the teapot is a valuable piece of antique, he risks life and death to protect it against the concern of his family.

The Pot From A Past Life

1990

1980s · 16 titles

The Curse of Snake Valley poster
6.0

The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.

The Curse of Snake Valley

1988

A Quiet Little Town poster
9.0

A government minister from Hanoi has a car accident on the way to a wedding in a remote village. The county hospital does not have the authority to operate on a minister. The county commissioner would like the operation done in the county for the prestige it would bring, but will not authorize it without the approval of the whole county committee. The hospital director has filled his quota, so does not want to take the risk of an operation. Since a telephone call to Hanoi has to be booked two days in advance, the minister's wife cannot be contacted, nor can a helicopter be arranged to move the minister to Hanoi.

A Quiet Little Town

1986

89th Minute poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

89th Minute

1982

Little Stars poster
NR

Two talented swimmers from a small village are invited by a factory to compete for their team in national tournaments, but soon discover they are being used as a publicity ploy by the factory.

Little Stars

1980

Bom, the Fool poster
NR

An adaption from Vietnamese funny folktales.

Bom, the Fool

1987

Time in the Jungle poster
NR

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.

Time in the Jungle

1988

The Light in The Dream poster
NR

A boy, abandoned by his family, finds himself struggle to continue his study at school and make a living without stepping in the crime-ridden path of his brother.

The Light in The Dream

1987

Night of Long Tri poster
7.0

A thrilling and haunting account of historical events in the Trịnh clan in the late 18th century with the central conflict between lord Trịnh Sâm who was feeble and indecisive, and a cunning and manipulative concubine named Đặng Thị Huệ. Based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Huy Tưởng.

Night of Long Tri

1989

Fairytale for 17-Year-Olds poster
7.0

The vibrations adolescence, nostalgia injured ones in the battlefield, the dreaming and wondering aimlessly early ... has created space for a story fairy with her An.

Fairytale for 17-Year-Olds

1988

Laughter Epidemic poster
NR

A director pays a visit to a hydroelectric plant construction site and gives a grandiose speech on the impending glory of its opening. His exaggerated body language soon becomes a running gag among the workers who pass around the rumour that he might have dropped the diamond ring during the speech, which the director ironically - and wholeheartedly- believes.

Laughter Epidemic

1988

Narrow Alley poster
NR

The young & poor struggle to get by in the big city.

Narrow Alley

1988

We Break Up In Summer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

We Break Up In Summer

1982

Mrs. Dau poster
NR

In colonial French Indochina, a woman sells her daughter and four dogs in a desperate attempt to save her husband from torture when they can’t pay off the government taxes.

Mrs. Dau

1981

Lady of the Flowers poster
NR

In early 20th century, a Vietnamese aristocratic socialite falls in love with a poor scholar though her father, a powerful governor, is determined to separate them, even with extreme measures.

Lady of the Flowers

1989

Money, Money! poster
NR

Returning to Vietnam after many years of studying abroad, a doctorate in atomic force Thai Duong entered an unimaginable reality. Many funny situations took place in his family when he was pondering over choosing a job in a new environment. Thai Duong was tricked into losing money, and his father and brother Loc Ton performed a risky mission to earn money: buying liquidated bombs.

Money, Money!

1989

Brothers poster
NR

A soldier (Hien) survives the war and comes back to live with his brother's family (Tien). He can't seem to adjust to civilian life after the war and feels increasingly alienated from other people, whom he finds calculating, selfish and materialistic.

Brothers

1986

1970s · 11 titles

Nowhere to Hide poster
NR

Three ARVN special task agents infiltrate the ranks of North Vietnamese army to plant doubts and fears among Revolutionary soldiers.

Nowhere to Hide

1971

A Bird that Knows Its Way poster
NR

Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of an institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”.

A Bird that Knows Its Way

1979

Dawn Lights The Truth poster
NR

One month before the Fall of Saigon, a city in Central Highland plunges into chaos, as its disillusioned citizens prepare to witness what was once a glorious and beautiful time collapse before their own eyes.

Dawn Lights The Truth

1979

Those We Have Met poster
10.0

The life of two soldiers after war, who try to continue their studies at the university.

Those We Have Met

1979

Thạch Sanh poster
NR

Thạch Sanh, a kind-hearted woodcutter, chances upon wine merchant Lý Thông. Orphaned from a young age, he gladly embraces being adopted by Lý Thông as his brother and comes to live with his family, unaware that the scheming merchant has other plans for him.

Thạch Sanh

1976

A Stormy Journey poster
9.0

An elderly couple from Vinh and their grandchild takes a coach to Viet Tri The passengers face numerous harassments during the journey, but luckily a youth volunteer and a discharged soldier are determined to help them.

A Stormy Journey

1977

The Story of Mr. Lực and His Wife poster
NR

The head of a farming co-operative demolishes his house to free up land for the construction of a new irrigation canal, which causes great distress for him and his family.

The Story of Mr. Lực and His Wife

1971

Patch of Sky poster
NR

Two pilots and their beloveds, all of whom are close friends, try to navigate their lives separate from one another as the men transition to combat.

Patch of Sky

1975

Road Back To The Motherland poster
9.0

The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism

Road Back To The Motherland

1971

The slope poster
NR

The story about a group of people struggling to expand agricultural land in North Vietnam.

The slope

1973

I Sincerely Repent poster
NR

Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War.

I Sincerely Repent

1977

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits