Tourists are fascinated by the house that filmed the famous movie 'The Lover'

TPO - Binh Thuy Ancient House, Can Tho City, has French architecture and is still almost intact after more than 150 years. The house was also chosen as the filming location for the movie “The Lover” by director JJ Annaud (France), attracting many international visitors.

03/18/2025 | 07:53

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TPO - Binh Thuy Ancient House, Can Tho City, has French architecture and is still almost intact after more than 150 years. The house was also chosen as the filming location for the movie “The Lover” by director JJ Annaud (France), attracting many international visitors.

International visitors visit a 150-year-old house in Can Tho. Clip: Hoa Hoi.

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The ancient house, built in 1870, located on Bui Huu Nghia Street (Binh Thuy District, Can Tho City), is a rare French-style house that has been preserved to this day in Can Tho. In the photo, international tourists visit the ancient house. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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Binh Thuy ancient house belongs to the Duong family, built in 1870. The house was built in the French architectural style, with 5 rooms and 2 wings, and many doors. Entering the house, visitors are truly overwhelmed by the grandeur and grandeur of the French style house but still mixed with traditional Eastern style. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The living room is decorated in Western European style, but the most solemn place, the altar, is purely Vietnamese. This shows a harmonious and selective cultural exchange between East and West, expressing the owner's sophisticated aesthetic taste. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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After visiting the ancient house, Ms. Jean - Pierne Coue (a tourist from France) was surprised by the beauty and unique architecture of this house. She felt the wealth of the homeowner; at the same time, the house has a combination of Eastern and Western architecture. Ms. Jean - Pierne Coue said that she had watched the movie The Lover and the novel The Lover by French female writer Marguerite Duras; the movie filmed the house here and told the story of the female writer and a young Chinese man. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The house is a fusion of two cultures, East and West, in the style of “Inside responds to external harmony” (Inside responds to traditional art and Eastern culture, outside harmonizes with Western architecture and natural scenery). Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The ancient house is also called “Binh Thuy Orchid Garden” because the fifth descendant of the house, Mr. Duong Van Ngon, has a hobby of growing ornamental plants, especially orchids. After two wars, many surrounding structures were destroyed by bombs, but this church was fortunately intact and has been preserved and protected by successive generations. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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A scene from the movie "The Lover" by director JJ Annaud (France) was filmed at this house. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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Separating the front house and the middle house is a system of balustrades and panels including many balusters and compartments meticulously crafted from wood by talented Vietnamese artisans with designs and conventions familiar in ancient architecture as well as close to the life of Vietnamese people in the South: Mai, Lan, Cuc, Truc, Sen, Dieu, Tung... the compartments are meticulously and sharply carved in rectangular, square, hexagonal frames, creating a feeling of excitement, not boredom and monotony. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The middle house has 5 compartments, the 3 inner compartments are arranged as places of worship, the incense tables, worship bells, and parallel sentences are all made of mother-of-pearl inlaid wood. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The owner's antique telephone is preserved to this day. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The walkway behind the house. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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The house has a combination of East and West cultures that are carefully selected and applied, giving the monument a unique style that is luxurious but simple, not out of place in the peaceful countryside setting. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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Duong family temple is a valuable ancient architectural work and is recognized by the State as a national architectural art relic. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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Duong family temple has an area of about 6,000m2 in the East - West direction. In front is a traffic road and a river to welcome fresh air and convenient for travel. Surrounding the house is a garden of fruit trees and ornamental flowers that are green all year round, creating a cool atmosphere that shows prosperity, simplicity but elegance. Photo: Hoa Hoi.

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