Lịch Du
Biography
Lịch Du (6 February, 1940 – 27 January, 2021) was a Vietnamese actress and screenwriter. One of the first graduates of the Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema, she began acting in 1966, and the only main role she had throughout her career was Đuông Chăn, a Lao mother in Nguyễn Khắc Lợi's "Hai người mẹ" (1975). Some of her scripts were directed by Hoàng Tích Chỉ.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Thím Sáu
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Vị
Discharged from the Army after losing an arm in the battlefield, Lê Vân returns home. He seeks to help rebuild it, but realises that a life spent fighting has made him disconnected from the villagers and their ideas.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of an institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Vệ’s wife
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Dung
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as vợ Hai Dong
Three ARVN special task agents infiltrate the ranks of North Vietnamese army to plant doubts and fears among Revolutionary soldiers.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Đào
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Đuông Chăn
Upon meeting a young Vietnamese soldier during his brief stay in the Lao mountains, a woman begins recalling to her daughter episodes of her life ever since she had to leave Northwest Vietnam in 1952, including her fateful encounter with a Lao mother.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Bác Na
After a streak of betrayals in love, a scholar harbours a disdain for women and vows to stay away from their “venomous nature”. However, he soon grows increasingly obsessed with a prostitute he encountered one night, and falls deeply in love with her against the prejudices of his social class.
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Vợ Trương Đồng
The director of a steel refinery comes into conflict with his wife over plans that might affect her father's reputation.
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Ruồn's wife
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.