Story of Pao

2006 Vietnamese film

Đỗ Thị Hải Yến
NSND Như Quỳnh
Lý Thanh Kha
Trần Doãn Tuấn
Đỗ Hoa Thúy

Music byNguyễn Thiện Đạo

Release date

April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)

CountryVietnamLanguageVietnamese

Story of Pao or Pao's Story (Vietnamese: Chuyện của Pao) is a 2006 Vietnamese film.^[1]^[2]^[3] It stars Đỗ Thị Hải Yến who also starred in The Quiet American, and was directed and written by her husband Ngô Quang Hải. It is set among the Hmong people of North Vietnam. The film had premiered in the First Films World Competition section of the 30th Montreal World Film Festival.^[4] It also won four Golden Kite Prizes (the Oscars of Vietnam).

Actors

Đỗ Thị Hải Yến as Pao
NSND Như Quỳnh as bà Kía
Lý Thanh Kha as ông Chúng
Đỗ Hoa Thúy as bà Sim
Trần Doãn Tuấn as Chử

References

^ Osian's Cinemaya the Asian film quarterly 2006 "This method has mixed success, and Pao's Story reveals both Ngo Quang Hai's strengths and weaknesses as a director. The greatest strength of the film is the visual impression created through the cinematography - images that are full of .."
^ Story of Pao
^ Vietnam attends Francophone film festival in France 2012 " “The Story of Pao” depicts the life of an H’Mong beautiful girl named Pao in the northwestern mountainous area. It won a Golden Kite award in 2005 and was presented at the Cannes films festival in 2007. "
^ Ronnie Scheib (September 19, 2006). "Pao's Story". Variety. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.