Will the movie Sister-in-law win convincingly?

The 3rd Da Nang Asian Film Festival recorded the resounding success of the film "Sister-in-law" directed by Khuong Ngoc. This film also won big in terms of revenue, reaching over 113.2 billion VND.

Main actors in the movie Sister-in-law

Specifically, in the category of Vietnamese Films competing, Sister in law won 3 awards: Best Vietnamese Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (for Viet Huong). There was also the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) award for Best Vietnamese Film.

Sister in law is an original, Vietnamese, emotional film made meticulously and with passion. Initially, the film did not have too many expectations, despite being a pioneer in exploiting the theme of sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law. The reason is because the film brings together a cast of mostly middle-aged actors, highly appreciated for their acting ability but not necessarily names that can easily attract a high ticket price. In the role of director, Khuong Ngoc has just encountered failure with a film that was criticized as a disaster.

However Sister in law When it was released on Christmas 2024, it really created a phenomenon, attracting a large audience to theaters and receiving positive reviews.

Director and actors of the movie Sister-in-law

In an interview with VTV Times, Khuong Ngoc once shared that he wanted to try his hand at a difficult genre but had to do it at least once in his career, and had to have his own story. That is the film motif that brings together a cast of characters in a context, a special moment from which dramatic conflicts are gradually opened up. From personal experience, the director also chose the setting as a funeral, a place that brings a lot of noise, excitement and many issues to think about.

Director Khuong Ngoc

Many Vietnamese films are criticized for being noisy. Sister in law even very noisy, with a series of dialogue segments with different emotional levels between the characters. But the noise of Sister in law does not bring a feeling of discomfort but on the contrary brings a real feeling of life, the relationships between the 5 characters portrayed by Viet Huong, Hong Dao, Le Khanh, Dinh Y Nhung and Ngoc Trinh. Even in many scenes, the noise is intentionally highlighted through the sound of car horns, the sound of bowls and chopsticks, the sound of chewing food, conversations, and comments on various topics. From those arguments and conflicts, the personal stories and hidden corners of the 5 sisters are revealed one by one. Not long-winded, but enough to absorb, enough to "touch", not getting bogged down in old-fashioned "tear-inducing" details like the common view of family tragedy. When the film ended, many viewers also said that the duration was too short, only 100 minutes, so some storylines could have been more complete if they had continued to develop.

The visuals also contribute to the overall quality of the film. Sister-in-law . The setting of the 100-year-old communal house created many great challenges for the film crew, but also opened up opportunities to exploit artistic elements in a profound way. The ancient pillars were used to divide the frame, creating a sense of separation and distance in family relationships. Wide frames depicted the dilapidation of the house, metaphorically representing the decline of both the material and spiritual aspects of human beings. The close-up shots skillfully cut across the view, creating a feeling of suffocation and obsession, representing the trauma and internal conflicts of the characters...

5 female characters in the film have their own colors, creating an emotional family story

If the Best Vietnamese Film award goes to Sister in law easily received approval because of the convincing quality compared to the general level of the competition, the Best Actress award of Viet Huong created some different opinions. Because, acting in the same Sister-in-law , Hong Dao had an excellent performance as Ba Ky - a woman with an image of education, success, luxury, with an overwhelming demeanor but deep inside are hidden inhibitions, bitter feelings about family. Hong Dao is the person that Viet Huong wanted to invite to participate in the film and the female artist shone in every frame she appeared in.

Hong Dao has an impressive performance in the movie Sister-in-law

Compared to a transformed Hong Dao, Viet Huong's role is more profound, deeply expressing the pain of a senior who always shouldered the burden of caring for the whole family but was not shared or understood. The award for Viet Huong is worthy if we correctly perceive the role of the character Sister-in-law - Hai Nhi - as someone who always silently nurtures and connects each piece in the broken relationships, separated by the storms of life.

It can be said, Sister in law is one of the few movies in recent times that has been loved by both experts and audiences, bringing in a desirable revenue exceeding the hundred billion mark and is still on the way to conquering awards. The success of Sister in law also shows that the appeal of family films in the Vietnamese market is still strong, but besides that, it is also necessary to explore and create to bring a very "real life", very Vietnamese cinematic experience.

Continued Sister-in-law , director Khuong Ngoc has announced the next film, also in the family genre, called Foreign gold with a story about grandmother-grandchild love - a topic rarely exploited on Vietnamese screens.

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