La Tran Duc Thien eagerly transforms into "Chi Pheo" in the new version

(NLDO) - When Chi Pheo "stepped out" of the pages of writer Nam Cao's book, young actors like La Tran Duc Thien eagerly transformed into challenging roles.

Actor and model La Tran Duc Thien

On the morning of October 24, actor and model La Tran Duc Thien said he was on the rehearsal floor with a highly focused spirit for the role of Chi Pheo - a symbol of the human condition deprived of human rights in the old society, even though this role has been adapted many times on stage and in cinema.

La Tran Duc Thien and his experimental role

"But in the latest staging, young director Pham Thai Son promises to breathe life into author Sy Hanh's work with a new perspective. Our team hopes to breathe new life into the play: contemporary, full of experimentation and containing many layers of philosophy" - La Tran Duc Thien said.

Actor and model La Tran Duc Thien

The special feature of the play is the first incarnation of actor-model La Tran Duc Thien as Chi Pheo – a classic character in Vietnamese literature. With his physique, demeanor and stage sensitivity, La Tran Duc Thien did not choose to “copy” a role he had played on screen, but found for himself a new Chi Pheo – genuine, instinctive and tormented to the end.

"I want to find in Chi Pheo not only madness and resentment, but also the desire to be loved and acknowledged as a human being. When holding Thi No's bowl of onion porridge, Chi not only sobered up but also seemed to be reborn" — La Tran Duc Thien shared.

La Tran Duc Thien has a talent for literary drama.

The script for "Chi Pheo" by Sy Hanh remains faithful to the main axis of the original: Chi was abandoned at the brick kiln, worked as a farmhand for Ba Kien, was imprisoned, and then became a hired killer. But in this adaptation, director Pham Thai Son did not illustrate literature but chose to "retell" it using folk theater language, mixed with symbolic and metaphorical techniques.

La Tran Duc Thien said that he and his crew expected them to handle the stage both delicately and humorously, making the audience laugh and then be silent with the characters Chi Pheo (La Tran Duc Thien), Thi No (Phan Quynh Nhu), Ly Cuong (Tran Dai Chinh), Thi No's aunt (Mai Cat), Ly Cuu (Phuc Khanh), Doi Tao (Quoc Truong), Ba Kien (Quang Thanh), Lao Tu (Le Ngoc Phu), Mu Ba (Thanh Tram), Mu Chu Quan (Thanh Lam), Truong Tuan (Nhan OKM)...

In particular, the ending does not stop at the bloody tragedy like the short story, but opens up a ray of humanistic light.

The crew of the play "Chi Pheo" met to launch the project.

Previously on the Lac Long Quan Club stage, La Tran Duc Thien played the role of the king in the play "Thach Sanh - Ly Thong" and he successfully played the role of Phu Si Do Ho Su Luu Co in the excerpt "Hoa Lu Earthquake Thunder" (authors Dang Nguyen, Thai Kim Tung) receiving praise from the audience.

A young, ambitious and humane Chi Pheo

On stage, La Tran Duc Thien transforms into Chi Pheo, not as the "evil demon of Vu Dai village" but as a farmer pushed to the brink of despair. The torment in his eyes, the half-sober half-drunk laughter, the unsteady but powerful steps – all of which move the audience.

Along with him, Phan Quynh Nhu - in the role of Thi No - promises to bring an image "so ugly that even ghosts and demons hate" but radiates a strangely kind light. The line "Moon, now No has a lover, has a partner" makes the whole audience silent, because that simple happiness is too much of a luxury for them.

Actor and model La Tran Duc Thien

Young director and new look at human tragedy

Director Pham Thai Son works hard and he hopes that he will not retell Nam Cao's story, but wants to find in it the image of today's people. Modern "Chi Pheo" still exists around contemporary life, people who are hurt, pushed to the sidelines because of prejudice and indifference.

The crew also expressed their wish to burn energy to have a beautiful graduation performance for director Pham Thai Son.

La Tran Duc Thien as Protector of Fujian, Su Luu Co in the excerpt "Hoa Lu Earthquake"

The play Chi Pheo is an acting challenge for La Tran Duc Thien and also a journey for him to discover himself as a true actor. As a model who stepped onto the stage, La Tran Duc Thien chose a difficult path, but also a path of passion and creativity.

"I was afraid that the audience would not accept a "handsome" Chi Pheo. But when I put on the torn shirt and makeup, I found myself truly being Chi - a person who was abandoned by life, but still longed for love. Playing this role, I learned to be grateful for the most ordinary things in life" - La Tran Duc Thien confided.

Aspiration to renew classic plays with youthful energy

The play Chi Pheo by Sy Hanh and Pham Thai Son will be a theatrical experiment and continue to affirm that the young generation is daring to "dialogue" with classic theatrical works. They are not afraid of experimentation, not afraid of collision, because behind it is an aspiration to make decent art.

There, La Tran Duc Thien and the young cast brought the audience a message: "In every person there is a Chi Pheo - just a bowl of onion porridge, a loving look is enough to awaken the human side."

Source: https://nld.com.vn/la-tran-duc-thien-hao-huc-hoa-than-chi-pheo-trong-phien-ban-moi-19625102414413637.htm