May 04, 2022 | 19:34 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese movie highlights wartime female drivers on Truong Son route
PANO - Vietnamese movie “Red Dawn” reflects bravery, willpower and aspiration of female drivers on the Truong Son route during the national resistance war against U.S. invaders.
As one of the revolutionary war movies produced recently, “Red Dawn” has been welcomed by experts and audiences.
On the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30), the film was screened at the Vietnam Cinema Association (No.51 Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi), attracting a large number of local viewers.
Earlier, the film, produced by the Vietnam Film Association Film Studio, won the 22nd Vietnam Film Festival jury award in Hue city.
The movie reiterated the spring in 1968 as the Southern battlefield was in harsh period during wartime. The need to supply troops and materials for the Southern theater became urgent and female volunteers were recruited to train to be truck drivers to serve in the front-line, mainly operating from Ben Thuy wharf (Nghe An province) to West Truong Son (Annamite) range.
The film’s story revolves around four characters, namely Chau (casted by actress Quynh Anh), Han (actress Hoang Bich Phuong), Sa (actress Bao Han), and Thuong (actress Ha Phuong Anh). The very young girls were assigned to driving trucks to transport goods, food and necessities from the rear to the front-line and carry wounded, sick and fallen soldiers from battlefields to the rear. They were all determined to overcome difficulties and loss in wartime so as to fulfill all assigned missions.
Translated by Minh Anh