Portrait of President Ho Chi Minh through cinematic footage

Scene from the movie “The Prophet”. Photo: Provided by the film producer.

Each work is a slice

In the field of cinema, famous documentaries include “Stories about President Ho’s life and activities” (director Quang Huy), “Uncle Ho lives forever” (directors Nguyen Quang Trung, Lai Van Sinh), “We miss Uncle Ho” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh” (director Pham Ky Nam), “The last moments of life” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Uncle Ho lives forever” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Uncle Ho lives forever” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Uncle Ho lives forever” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Uncle Ho Chi Minh - Nguyen Ai Quoc ” (director Pham Ky Nam), “The last moments of life” (director Nguyen Van Thong), “Uncle Ho lives forever ... Uncle Ho”, “Uncle Ho goes on a campaign” (director Pham Quoc Vinh), “Ho Chi Minh - Portrait of a man” (director Bui Dinh Hac)…

These documentaries were released before 2000, praising a great man, talented, noble, with extraordinary courage, strong vitality, but with a simple daily life, close to cadres, soldiers and people.

Over the years, documentaries with a huge amount of information and materials about President Ho Chi Minh have been released to audiences. In 2021, the documentary "Uncle Ho and the Party Congresses" explores the profound meaning, thoughts, style, and methods of Uncle Ho, from the Conference to establish the Communist Party of Vietnam , to each congress and term of the Party Congress that he directly directed.

In 2023, the documentary “Uncle Ho with Cinema” interviewed many filmmakers and artists who have contributed to making films about him over the past 70 years. The work is the passion and sentiment of generations of artists and demonstrates the responsibility of the film industry in promoting works of art about President Ho Chi Minh's portrait to audiences at home and abroad. Also in 2023, the film “Ho Chi Minh - The Road Ahead” decodes Uncle Ho's revolutionary activities in the Soviet Union through documents, witnesses, contexts and interviewed characters.

This year, the documentary “Paints from the Heart” produced by the People's Army Cinema is a work aimed at commemorating the 135th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, to praise his noble qualities.

Inspiration for art

Carrying the responsibility of steering the revolutionary boat, Uncle Ho still devoted all his love and deep concern to the people's lives, always listening, understanding and being close to his compatriots. That image has been deeply imprinted in the minds of millions of people, becoming a sacred source of inspiration for many later works of art.

In 1990, “See You Again in Saigon” directed by Long Van was a work that left a deep impression on audiences. The film tells the story of the time when young man Nguyen Tat Thanh lived with his family in Hue until he came to Saigon to find a way to go abroad and find a way to save the country.

"See You Again Saigon" caused a stir when it was released, especially the film was praised for the acting and transformation of the two characters. Artist Tien Hoi (as Nguyen Tat Thanh) and Thu Ha (as Ut Van). People's Artist Thu Ha shared about the memory of participating in the first movie about President Ho Chi Minh: "The film crew had to consider carefully when exploiting the story of the historical figure Nguyen Tat Thanh and Ut Van. The story was just enough, not tragic. The relationship between them was both friendship, comradeship, and the heavy heart of the character Ut Van, but above all, the relationship had to stop, to be restrained, because of the great path that Uncle Ho would take when the ship left Nha Rong port. In my career, I was fortunate to participate in many historical film projects, including many works about Uncle Ho such as the play White Night, Please receive the death sentence, the movie Looking out to the sea... I am truly proud and honored". Following that, the movies about President Ho Chi Minh's portrait such as "Hanoi in Winter 1946", "Nguyen Ai Quoc in Hong Kong". Each work, each film about President Ho Chi Minh is a tribute to the father of the nation, who sacrificed his whole life for the cause of liberating the Vietnamese people.

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