
Directing
Đức Hoàn
Born — Died
1937-01-02 — 2003-04-02
Place of birth
Hanoi, Vietnam
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Merited Artist Nguyễn Thị Đức Hoàn (1937 - 2003) was a Vietnamese film director, screenwriter and actress. One of the very first female directors in Vietnamese cinema, and the second after Bạch Diệp to garner significant commercial and critical success, she was initially discovered by Phạm Trọng Quỳ at the age of 17 while working as a Chinese interpreter. Advised by the veteran cinematographer to go into acting, she took up a training course at the National Theatre under the guidance of Soviet director Anatoly Vasiliev and later joined the Studio as a voice actor specialising in foreign movies dubs. In 1961, she was chosen for the role of Mị in "Vợ chồng A Phủ" by director Mai Lộc. The per…
Known for
6.5Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh.
Dien Bien Phu
1992
9.0A 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
NRDuring the war, a woman learns that her husband is an army deserter.
Obsession
1988
8.5To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband.
A Phu and His Wife
1961
NRThe conflict between a group of workers and the manager as they struggle to maximize the production in a cement factory in the 60s
White Smoke
1962
NRTwo classmates volunteer to work in logistics across the forests of Trường Sơn mountains.
From The Same Forests
1978
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
9.0A 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
NRDuring the war, a woman learns that her husband is an army deserter.
Obsession
1988
1960s · 4 titles
8.5To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband.
A Phu and His Wife
1961
NRThe conflict between a group of workers and the manager as they struggle to maximize the production in a cement factory in the 60s
White Smoke
1962
NRThe story in the film is about the love between a man and a woman from the same village, Hoan and Can, who have two children together. But this love affair encountered many difficulties and pressure from family and social customs, forcing Can to leave his hometown and go to the mountains. As for Hoan, she was also prevented by her husband's family because they were afraid of having to redistribute their land. The film shows viewers the relationships and behaviors of Northern farmers in the context of the 1960s.
Remarriage
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Sun Rises on the High Plains
1966
Behind the camera
NRDuring the war, a woman learns that her husband is an army deserter.
Obsession
1988
NRDuring the war, a woman learns that her husband is an army deserter.
Obsession
1988
NRTwo classmates volunteer to work in logistics across the forests of Trường Sơn mountains.
From The Same Forests
1978
NRTwo classmates volunteer to work in logistics across the forests of Trường Sơn mountains.
From The Same Forests
1978
NRHanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating postwar life. A young couple struggle to be together as individual happiness gets in the way.
Nesting Season in Hanoi
1978
NRHanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating postwar life. A young couple struggle to be together as individual happiness gets in the way.
Nesting Season in Hanoi
1978
NRA young wife awaits the return of her husband from the war. But when he arrives, mutilated and sick, she is repulsed.
Love and Distance
1984
NRAfter a streak of betrayals in love, a scholar harbours a disdain for women and vows to stay away from their “venomous nature”. However, he soon grows increasingly obsessed with a prostitute he encountered one night, and falls deeply in love with her against the prejudices of his social class.
Tempestuous Fate
1989
NRA woman running from her past meets a poor farmer who offers to marry her and raise her newborn as his own. After marrying they struggle to make a happy life together as their family grows and the war rages around them.
A Visitor from the Countryside
1993
NRA woman running from her past meets a poor farmer who offers to marry her and raise her newborn as his own. After marrying they struggle to make a happy life together as their family grows and the war rages around them.
A Visitor from the Countryside
1993

