Proposal the hallmark of feminism in vietnamese contemporary screen
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On the silver screen, women's roles and social position are equal, even more prominent than
men in many ways. If for a long time, women associated with the three tertiary pattern, must be
good at housewives to be considered good ones, then this patterns have been broken in
modern screen. Women have many facets, different from one another but each of them created
their own values of honor and love. There are times that on-screen female characters also turn
into heroes (even superheroes) - traditionally male idols - as in "Hai Phuong".
"Tam Cam - An untold Story", "Miss Ba Saigon", "Taxi lady, What's your name?", "My girlfriend
is the boss", "Winning back the pregnant wife", "My Mr. Wife "... or more recently" Hai Phuong"
and "Third concubine", are cinematographic works that give audiences a different perspective
on the image of Vietnamese women.
Whether it is a remake or not, whether it is a film directed by a female director or a male
director, they all depict a charming, intelligent, determined woman who actively pursues her
passion and happiness. not subject to any arrangement. It was far different from the female
model who sacrificed, resigned to the housework, broke in the kitchen and had to collapse and
submit to men before.
The audience appreciated "Hai Phuong" not only because of the beautiful action of
Director/Actress Ngo Thanh Van but also because it caught up with the world trend: women's
rights to the throne. The film changes the way the audience views a single mother - something
that in Vietnamese society is still heavily prejudiced, especially when the director sets the scene
in the context of the poor countryside.
Hai Phuong is a mother who fights with evil on her own, willing to face danger, chase
kidnappers to protect her children. Only Hai Phuong with a sacred motherly love can have the
power to make an endless epic. The masculine image in this movie seems to be completely
under the women's hands. Even the formidable opponent of Hai Phuong is Thanh Wolf - a
gangster, oligarch of kidnappers of children - also has a female character.
Although not yet launched in Vietnam, "The Third Concubine" quickly caught the attention of the
domestic audience not only for international awards but also for the content and special film
crew. The film tells about feudal polygamy and feudalism associated with male ideology. It tells
the story of the old Vietnam when every woman wished to have a son to be loved by her
husband more than the other wives or concubines. Exploiting a seemingly familiar, old but
unexpected topic on the feudal background, "The third concubine" dared to touch a sensitive
issue: lesbian.
Perhaps the new definition, the bold direction comes from a special reason: the film crew is
mostly female. In this movie, the important positions such as director, cameraman, producer,
scriptwriter, design artist ... but it used to be assumed that it belonged to men, now it belongs to
women. From this strange film crew, looking back at the female workforce involved in the film
production stages will see an outstanding increase.
Naturally, cinematographic works made under the hands and brains of women have many
different traits from men. With a new perspective of the times they live, they blow into the
Vietnamese new screen a breakthrough, diverse nuances of the image of women, whether
traditional or contemporary. Feminist voices, aspirations, thoughts and every women's facet
today are exploited and conveyed skillfully through the work.
