VietNamNet Bridge – “The Longest Ride”, Vietnam’s “Ma Dai” and Korean film “C’est Si Bon” to be screened this month are films for those who love comedies and romances.
1. While We’re Young
Release date: 3/4
Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver
Time: 97 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
A middle-aged couple’s career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.
2. Love + Love
Release date: 10/4
Director: Nguyen Duy Linh
Actor: Quoc Cuong, Le Kieu Nhu, Kim Dung, Quang Tuan, Hoang Ny
Duration: 92 minutes
Version: Vietnamese with English Subtitles
The film revolves around Nam and Minh Hanh’s family. They have a peaceful life with their 15-year-old daughter. One day Nam meets Thuy Linh and falls in love with her. A chance encounter with Thuy Linh leaves Nam confused. He has no experience in love, while Nam was totally seduced by Thuy Linh…
3. C’est Si Bon
Release date: 17/4
Director: Kim Hyun-seok
Stars: Jung Woo, Han Hyo-joo, Kang Ha-neul, Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Hee-ae
Duration: 122 minutes
Language: Korean with English and Vietnamese subtitles
In the late 1960’s, C’est Si Bon was a music bar where every acoustic band’s dream was created, and Korea’s leading folk songs were born. It is where Geun-tae, the naïve country boy who meets the young musical prodigies Hyung-joo and Chang-sik, formed the band the C’est Si Bon Trio. As the three young artists bicker over their music, beautiful socialite Ja-young enters the picture and becomes their muse, and a series of moving love songs comes from it. Geun-tae’s pure-heartedness wins Ja-young over but when she accepts a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a shot at an acting career, they part ways. After 20 years, the untold story of their love, song, and youth in “C’est Si Bon” is finally brought to light.
4. Teana: 10,000 Years Later
Release date: 17/4
Director: Yi Li
Actors: Li Siru, Wang Chong, Zhou Ting, Zhou Ting
Duration: 93 minutes
Version: Chinese with Vietnamese Subtitles
10,000 years after the Apocalypse, mankind once again faces a deadly war between good and evil. Kuger, the battlefield, is getting hot as a volcano, can erupt at any time…
5. Foosball
Release date: 17/4
Director: Juan José Campanella
Stars: Gabriel Almirón, Federico Cecere, Ezequiel Cipols
Duration: 106 minutes
Language: Vietnamese
A young man named Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game.
6. The Longest Ride
Release date: 24/4
Director: George Tillman Jr
Stars: Britt Robertson, Melissa Benoist, Scott Eastwood
Time: 130 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City’s art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple. Spanning generations and two intertwining love stories, THE LONGEST RIDE explores the challenges and infinite rewards of enduring love.
7. Asterix: Land of the Gods
Release date: 30/4
Directors: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier
Stars: Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Laurent Lafitte
Time: 85 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.
8. Ma Dai
Release date: 30/4
Director: Hoang Duy – Duc Thinh
Stars: Duc Thinh, Ngan Khanh, Hoai Linh, Thai Hoa, Kieu Oanh, Hari Won, Ha Viet Dung
Time: 114 minutes
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Life is always full of surprises, especially with two people from two different worlds. Ma Dai is a story with humor and romance about Tho Lam – those who have nothing in common but still oddly attached to each other. Nobody can think Tho – a 34-year-old repairer who is unattractive and has never been in a relationship – has a beautiful girlfriend like Lam. As strange as it sounds, besides her current boyfriend, Lam is also in a strange relationship with a mysterious man. The secrets of these two characters are suddenly exposed in the most unexpected moments. That is the time when they realize that their hearts are changing…
T. Van