Đào Đức

Đào Đức

Nam Dinh, Vietnam

Đào Đức (1928 - 2007) was a Vietnamese painter and the first art director of Vietnamese cinema, working on the production design for the the country's first revolutionary film "On the Same River" (Chung một dòng sông, d. Phạm Kỳ Nam, 1959).

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On the Same River 1959 (5)

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.
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We Will Meet Again 1974

On a festive spring day in 1940, two young quan họ singers fall in love. But their relationship is soon ruthlessly disrupted by class injustices, imposed upon both—and many other Vietnamese—by the ongoing French colonial rule and the looming Japanese occupation.
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First Love 1977

Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.