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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Case
| native_name =
| image =
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| director = V Vit Hng
| producer = Nguyn Vn Vn
| screenplay = V c D
H Vn Trung (novel)
| starring = Hunh Anh Tun
Thin Hng
Qu Phng
Thanh Trc
Trng Minh Quc Thi
| music = Ngc Sn
| cinematography = c Long
Quc Vit
| editing = Nguyn Trng Ngha
| production_companies = Ho Chi Minh City Television
| distributor = HCTV
VLRT
| released =
| runtime = 45 minutes x 23 chaps
| country = Vietnam
| language = Vietnamese
French
| budget =
| gross =
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'Love Case' (, ) is a 2008 Vietnamese telefilm adapted from H Vn Trung's July 1941 novel 'C knh' (). The film was produced by Ho Chi Minh City Television and directed by V Vit Hng.[http://nld.com.vn/van-hoa-van-nghe/dao-dien-vo-viet-hung-nang-long-dong-phim-xua-20160428153410534.htm o din V Vit Hng "nng lng" vi dng phim xa]
Plot
The film is set in Cn Th's village of Cochinchina in the 1930s. It features a family of district chief Mr.Hm Tn (Hunh Anh Tun), in a time when romance novels infiltrated. Neighbour and writer Ch Cao (Trng Minh Quc Thi) is killed with his paper-knife, but no one knows who his killer is. Suspects include killer Qun (Tn Beo), Th Lnh (Hong Minh Minh), Mrs. District-chief Hm Tn (Thin Hng) and Ty (Qu Phng).
Production
Shot on location at G Cng, Saigon, Th Du Mt, Sa c, Tr Vinh, Bn Tre and Da Lat in 2008. The location used as the house of District-chief Hm Tn was the famous address of G Cng, its name was Prefecture-chief Hi's Oldhouse.[http://mamgocong.com/news/go-cong/nha-doc-phu-hai-go-cong-ngoi-nha-co-dep-nhat-xu-nam-ky-con-nguyen-ven-den-ngay-nay-100.html Prefecture-chief Hi's House - The most beautiful oldhouse in Cochinchina]
Film
* Product manager : Nguyn Vit Hng* Assistant director : L Cng, H Vn, L Vn Qu, Trn Minh Trung
* Accountant : Thy Anh, Minh Phng, Minh Hoa
* Camera : Cao Thnh Danh, inh Anh Cng, Trn Vn Vinh, on Tin Dng, Trn Ngc Thin
* Design : L Cng, L Thng, Hng Minh, V Ngc Tm, Hunh Ngc Trng
* Light : Nguyn Minh Hong, Nguyn Thnh Vinh, Nguyn Vn t, Phan Ph Qu
* Make-up : Ngc Vn, Hon Kim
* Costume : Trnh Th Bo, V Ngc Linh
Music
* Theme songs "Looking down" ('Ci mt') and "Round of the sorrow" ('Vng su') by Ngc Sn with Lam Tuyn's singing.Cast
* Hunh Anh Tun ... Mr. District-chief Hm Tn
* Thin Hng ... Mrs. District-chief Hm Tn
* Qu Phng[http://news.zing.vn/que-phuong-hanh-phuc-vi-sap-lam-me-post54116.html Qu Phng hnh phc v sp lm m] ... Ty
* Thanh Trc ... Huyn
* Trng Minh Quc Thi ... Ch Cao
* Quc Cng ... Mr. Prefecture-chief Huyn
* Phc An ... Mrs. Prefecture-chief Huyn
* Tn Beo ... Qun
* Trng Qunh Anh ... Bng
* M Dung ... Lady Ba
* Hong Minh Minh ... Ng Th Lnh
* Tn Hng ... Village-chief Ti
* Mai Thnh ... Physician
* Ngc Tho ... T
* L Chn ... Ch
* Thu H ... T Thanh
* Tn Tht Chng ... Thun Phong
* Ho Khnh ... Clerk
* Minh Lun ... Accountant Thanh
* Thu Nga ... Ng
* L Cng ... The captain
* Trn Vn ua ... The cop
* Hong V ... Chief of village-guards
* Thierry Blanc ... The procurator
* Alfred ... The judge
* Michel Depart ... The medical-examiner
* Kim Loan ... Translator
* Chnh Thun ... Canh
* Th Tn ... Hu
* Quang ng ... Bng Linh
* Quang Thng ... Village-teacher Knh
* Hong Phong ... Prefecture-chief Huyn in his childhood
* Hong Tn ... First lawyer
* Xun Hng ... Second lawyer
* Phan Trung Hiu ... Bnh
* Mai Hnh ... Village-notable ng
* L Hoa ... Wife of village-notable ng
* Vn Tin ... T
* Minh Cng ... T
* Bch Lin ... The watershop-innkeeper
* L Khc Sinh Nht ... Guard of the prefecture-chief
* L Tin Pht ... Ch Cao in his childhood
* Thanh Lan ... The oldman loses his whaleboat
* Bo Nghi ... Daughter of Th Lnh
* Dim Tuyt ... Innkeeper of tailorshop Ngc Lan
* Nh Nguyt ... The bookshop-innkeeper
and : Cao Kim Loan, Bch Tho, Trn Ngc Ln, L Minh Phng, H Vn, Ngc Tm, Ngc Hng, Ngc Phi, Kim Cng, Kim Lan, Thu H, u Ngc Thy, Thanh Vn, Ph Qu, Minh Hoa, Hong Oanh, Ngc Ng, Thanh Hng, and Minh Trung
Awards
'Love Case' received the Golden Ochna Integerrima Award for best film director (awarded to V Vit Hng) in 2009.[http://maivang.nld.com.vn/mai-vang/ket-qua-giai-mai-vang-lan-thu-xv-2009-20100125022149815.htm Kt qu Gii Mai Vng ln th XV]
References
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