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Film · 2001
Hai Bình làm thủy điện
In late-1990s rural central Vietnam, cooperative chairman Hai Bình refuses to abandon plans for local electricity after a district hydropower initiative falls through. Enlisting a reluctant engineer and overcoming bureaucratic resistance, scarce parts, and local skepticism, he tirelessly rallies his community to build their own micro-hydroelectric station.
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The humor in Hai Binh and the villagers' journey to build hydropower springs naturally from everyday life: villagers listening to worldly gossip from a smooth-talking junk collector, young lovers courting beside roadside bushes, or Hai Binh running back to save urine for watering plants. Full of laughter, yet Hai Binh is not merely a farce—all comedic moments feel unforced.
Tin nhanh VnExpress on VnExpress Hai Binh perseveres in seeking a way to build hydropower, refusing to surrender. At this juncture, the laughter fades; the film slows down unexpectedly yet logically. A lump forms in the throat as one realizes human suffering has no bottom, and one wonders where people find the boundless resilience to stride forward with pure innocence after enduring so much.
Tin nhanh VnExpress on VnExpress It has been a long time since rural farmers appeared in cinema so rustic, vigorous, wholesome, and endearing. Television dramas often remind us of fields and bamboo groves, but their "farmers" look overly familiar and talk like philosophers. For that reason, Hai Binh Makes Hydropower makes viewers affectionate, amused, and admiring. Hai Binh speaks like a real villager, swearing when he gets angry.
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