Cao Thị Thuỳ Linh

Red Thread follows a fanatic who, after suffering a violent headache, discovers a vertical eye emerging from his forehead. Soon, a series of gruesome murders, lurking spirits, and ghostly apparitions begin to infiltrate everyday life, while fears rooted in a haunting past resurface. What is the Red Thread, and how does it connect them all?

The film is set in the winter-spring battle that lasted 60 days and nights from late 1946 to early 1947 in Hanoi, the story follows the militiaman Van Dan and his love story with the piano-loving lady Thuc Huong. When others had evacuated to the war zone, they decided to defend the capital that had been devastated by bombs and bullets, despite the dangers that awaited them.