'The Tunnel: Sun in the Darkness': Success Comes from Authenticity

According to data from Box Office Vietnam, as of the morning of April 8, the film 'Tunnels: Sun in the Dark' by director Bui Thac Chuyen had earned more than 80 billion VND after 4 days of release.

The numbers say it all! But only by buying a ticket to the theater and following the audience's emotions can you truly see the appeal of The Tunnels: Sun in the Dark.

The film Tunnels: Sun in the Dark is part of a series of practical activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification.

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Audiences today are not easily fooled by the boring cinematic techniques. Audiences go to the cinema to enjoy a cinematic art that meets the criteria of truth - goodness - beauty. The film Tunnels: Sun in the Dark has met those requirements.

In Tunnels: The Sun in the Dark , there are no explicit sex scenes, no place for makeup and fashion. From beginning to end, the actors' appearances were "defaced" to create authenticity for the characters they played. They were the Cu Chi guerrillas at the Binh An Dong battlefield, Cu Chi in 1967, the very young Southern boys and girls who followed the revolution, holding guns to fight against the enemy.

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Truer than true

Watching Tunnels: Sun in the Dark, those who have a good grasp of the history of the Southern revolution will see that director Bui Thac Chuyen has recreated very clearly and vividly the US military strategy situation with the "local war" in 1967 on the battlefield of Southern Vietnam (period 1965 - 1967).

Quang Tuan received many compliments for his role as Tu Dap.

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The basic content of this strategy is to take advantage of the firepower, technology and numbers of the American expeditionary force to crush the army and people of the South. This is considered the most fierce stage of the war against the US. It is easy to show it in books but extremely difficult to show it in cinema, unless it is a documentary.

However, Tunnels: Sun in the Dark is not a documentary. It is a true movie. That is to say, to see the talent of Bui Thac Chuyen from Tunnels: Sun in the Dark . He has created a movie whose reality reaches the level of a documentary, even more real than a documentary.

From the film's setting of Cu Chi land and the tunnel system, from the people - characters to the sound, light, smoke of bombs and explosive bullets with modern American war vehicles such as airplanes, warships, tanks, infantry and endless bombs..., the more real than real setting of Tunnels: Sun in the Dark makes the audience feel suffocated when watching the film at times.

Cinematic language is maximized

The most successful aspect of the film is the cinematic language. Everyone knows that the cinematic language of a film is the way the author speaks to the audience, not through words on the page, not through the character's dialogue, but through images, sounds and emotions. With Tunnels: Sun in the Dark , the film language was used carefully and uniquely by Bui Thac Chuyen. From there, the story of the battle in the film is shown brightly. That's why the film has stirred up the audience's emotions to the utmost.

Director Bui Thac Chuyen's film is expected to quickly surpass the 100 billion VND mark.

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Another success is that the dialogue of the characters in the film has been restrained to the utmost. A film about the revolutionary war of Vietnam, but from beginning to end, the word "comrade" and the word "revolution" are not mentioned.

The film is full of tragedy, the revolutionary characters fought like heroes and in the end they almost all sacrificed but the characters, including the high-ranking officials, did not mention the word "sacrifice". They fought and sacrificed for the Fatherland but to them, it was a natural part of life.

The film also has scenes of intense and fierce love between a man and a woman that defies all the rules and regulations of the underground fighting, but in those love affairs - for example, the love affair between Ba Huong and Tu Dap, or the love affair between Ut Kho (an innocent and pure guerrilla girl) under the skillful direction of Bui Thac Chuyen, they were expressed in a pure, innocent and very precious way.

All speak to the skill of a professional director.

The success of character choice

Another great success of Tunnels: The Sun in the Dark is the way of choosing the characters. Under the role list of Bui Thac Chuyen and the casting team, every character in this film is worthy because it is very reasonable with the participation of the actors including Thai Hoa, Quang Tuan, Ho Thu Anh, Diem Hang Lamoon, Hoang Minh Triet, Anh Tu Wilson, Nhat Y, Khanh Ly, A Toi, Cao Sang Le, Cao Minh... After watching the film, many viewers will agree that the commander of the Cu Chi guerrilla team can only be Thai Hoa, the officer with the appearance of a high-ranking commander can only be Cao Minh and the actors playing the Cu Chi guerrillas look as if they were born to play the Cu Chi guerrillas.

And finally, the film brings the audience a conclusion: Vietnam won, the South was liberated, and the unification of Vietnam was inevitable.

That becomes even more meaningful in these historic April days when our whole country is excitedly celebrating the 50th anniversary of national reunification.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dia-dao-mat-troi-trong-bong-toi-thanh-cong-den-tu-su-chan-that-185250408165540638.htm