Thinh Trinh
Acting
Biography
Trịnh Thịnh (July 20, 1927 – April 12, 2014) was a Vietnamese actor, known for his roles in many films as a peasant or a countryman.
Born: July 20, 1927
Place of Birth: Hanoï, French Indochina [now Vietnam]
Known For
Road Back To The Motherland
The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism
A Phu and His Wife
To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband.
Night of Long Tri
A thrilling and haunting account of historical events in the Trịnh clan in the late 18th century with the central conflict between lord Trịnh Sâm who was feeble and indecisive, and a cunning and manipulative concubine named Đặng Thị Huệ. Based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Huy Tưởng.
Indochine
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
Cyclo
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
The Curse of Snake Valley
The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.
On the Same River
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.
Nostalgia for the Countryside
The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.
Fire in the Woods
In mid-1960s, groups of American paratroopers arrive at a Hmong village near the Vietnam-Laos border. Among the troops are former villagers who collaborated with the French; having returned home , they seek to win over the village’s support.
Laughter Epidemic
A director pays a visit to a hydroelectric plant construction site and gives a grandiose speech on the impending glory of its opening. His exaggerated body language soon becomes a running gag among the workers who pass around the rumour that he might have dropped the diamond ring during the speech, which the director ironically - and wholeheartedly- believes.
Filmography
as Thi's father
as Mandarin
as Ông cả Hàn
as Foot Fetishist
as Minh
as Mr. Tuần
as Hậu
as Min Đơ (Mille Deux)
as Khe Trung hau
as The Governor
as Official
as Lu Khu
as Ông Tửu
as Ông bảo vệ
as Director Trí
as Ông Bờm
as Uncle
as Dương
as Đài
as Bảo vệ sân bãi
as Prefect
as Giám đốc
as Professor
as Bố Sơn
as Mr. Thinh
as Bác Bằng
as Dân quân
as Láng
as Hai Dong
as Ah Tian
as Vũ Lân
as Chu
as A Sinh
as Secretary Lieu