The Birds Sang in a Tranquil Place

After the war a young woman from Saigon goes to the countryside at the call of the government to teach love of country to the local people. There she finds that she doesn't really believe in what she teaches, that she's not really interested in the butterflies and birds of the poems she recites and is terribly bored in the countryside.

Cast

Minh Trang

as Thu

Lý Hùng

as Khải

Ánh Tuyết

as Tuyết

Hoàng Sơn

as Hổ

Hồ Kiểng

as Uncle Bảy

Năm Sa Đéc

as Khải's grandmother

Lê Cung Bắc

as Tuấn

Cẩm Vân

as Dung

Bạch Lan

as Thu's mother

Nguyễn Văn Đây

as Khải's father

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