When playing Chi Tu Hau, People's Artist Tra Giang was only 20 years old - Photo archive
More than 60 years since the film Chi Tu Hau was released, the image of the woman with deep black eyes filled with so many emotions has been deeply imprinted in the memories of many Vietnamese audiences.
After this role, People's Artist Tra Giang was dubbed by the public and experts as "the expressive eyes of Vietnamese cinema". Chi Tu Hau also became a classic work of Vietnamese cinema.
Tra Giang talks about "invincible eyes"
In the program Cine 7 - Vietnamese Film Memories broadcast on VTV3 on the evening of February 22 , Tra Giang said that in 2012, the Vietnam Film Archives Institute organized an exchange between the audience and artists (including Tra Giang, People's Artist Bach Diep , People's Artist Hai Ninh).
At that time, director Bach Diep blurted out a sentence that made the whole audience applaud in agreement: Tra Giang has "invincible eyes".
Tra Giang is very happy but she thinks "not only Tra Giang but all true actors who love their profession and are responsible for their profession must always seek to explore and create. Then all of those things will be shown in their eyes".
Director Pham Ky Nam traveled all over the North to find a Southern girl to play the role of Ms. Tu Hau. After watching the film A Day in Early Autumn , Tra Giang's debut film, he decided to invite her to play the role.
" Chi Tu Hau marked a step forward in my career," she recalled. At that time, Tra Giang was only 20 years old, and Chi Tu Hau was a very important role. The actress had to play the role of a woman older than herself, with a husband and children, and in the resistance period.
However, she brought all the real life material, the pain in her family to society, to transform into the role of a lifetime.
Tra Giang shared: "For an actor, nothing is more important than living in the character."
Tra Giang was once very angry with director Pham Ky Nam.
At Cine 7 - Vietnamese Film Memories, Tra Giang also shared for the first time about the kissing scene in the movie Chi Tu Hau . In this scene, Khoa (played by People's Artist Tran Phuong) kisses his wife (Tra Giang) to forget all the pain and past events.
However, director Pham Ky Nam did not discuss in advance about having this kissing scene in the film.
"I didn't discuss it beforehand, but when I acted, I knew (the movie's development) would be like that, so I still acted properly to do that part well," she said. "After that, I was angry with the director for several days, didn't even look at him, didn't even talk to him, and on the set, everyone did their own thing."
Tra Giang recreates the knitting scene in Chi Tu Hau more than 60 years ago
Later, the director explained that he was afraid that Tra Giang was still young and would not accept it, so he did not discuss it.
Talking to young actors, veteran actors confided that each era has different needs, different ways of working, but one thing remains unchanged.
"As an actor, you should always put yourself in the character's shoes to learn, explore and create. In the art of cinema, authenticity is the number one condition. No matter what era an actor is in, they all need that number one standard," she advised.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/chi-tu-hau-tra-giang-noi-ve-doi-mat-vo-dich-cua-minh-20250223013443.htm
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