Actress Kieu Trinh in the movie Wish We Could Fly Together - Photo: DPCC
This is Kieu Trinh's memorable role, even though when reading the first few pages of the script, she thought to herself: Huh, this role is not mine.
Kieu Trinh holds a hoe in the morning and cooks rice at noon.
Talking about that difference, Kieu Trinh said: "I also have two daughters and one son, but I love all my children equally and do not favor men over women like Mrs. Nga.
But later, I sympathized with her. Somewhere in society there are still women who are at a disadvantage.
I hope that when you watch the movie Wish We Could Fly, you will look back at yourself. Each person has lessons for us to change, to learn the best things for ourselves and our children.
* Are you one of the disadvantaged women?
- Thinking back, I'm a lot like Mrs. Nga. The way she tolerates her patriarchal husband is so similar to me. Out of my three husbands, two were patriarchal.
Even though her daughter misunderstood her, Mrs. Nga just silently accepted it without explaining anything. Sometimes I also find myself accepting it.
* The audience saw the character Mrs. Nga draw out her own problems. What about you, did you learn anything from Mrs. Nga?
Actresses Kieu Trinh and Thuy Dung in the movie Wish We Could Fly Together - Photo: Producer
- While filming Wish We Could Fly Together , the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The film crew temporarily stopped filming for a while.
I think what I learned the most was not from Ms. Nga, but from this filming phase.
In 2019, I took my children back to my hometown in Binh Phuoc to stay with their father to avoid the epidemic and have stayed there ever since.
Now I am a real farmer. If I am not filming, I work in the garden every morning with a hoe and cook lunch for my father.
My first daughter is in Saigon. The other two are in Binh Phuoc. Life is easy and relaxing.
Many film crews called me and asked: Oh, you've become a tycoon, have you quit your job?
I would like to clarify that I still make a living as an actor, the only difference is that I live in my hometown.
I am currently playing a small role in the movie Duyen by director Nguyen Phuong Dien and a movie by director Ham Tran for Netflix.
Excerpt from the movie Wish We Could Fly Together
* Coming back from Saigon to your hometown, you must have thought a lot?
- At first, I was also very worried. Life in Saigon is stable, and my children's education is easier. But when I returned to my hometown to avoid the epidemic and take care of my father, I found that living in the countryside is also very good.
In the countryside, a safe green area, life is not expensive. In Saigon, I spend tens of millions of dong per month, but in the countryside, I only spend a few million.
At first, the children were a bit sad about returning to the countryside, but later they enjoyed life with many experiences such as bathing in the rain, wading in streams, playing with birds and crickets. Now they have free time to climb, pick fruit, and plant corn and cassava with their mother.
I only had a little problem with the travel time from my hometown to Saigon, which was a bit long. But now the roads are easy to travel, if there is a filming schedule, the film crew just needs to notify me in advance so I can prepare.
Kieu Trinh with her father and daughter in her hometown - Photo: NVCC
Since I came back, I see my father is happier.
* After five years living in the countryside, is Kieu Trinh of today any different from Kieu Trinh of the past?
- I was born in Binh Duong. My family has lived in Binh Phuoc since 1982. I was originally a farmer, now I am a farmer.
Honestly, in the early days I was not used to working so I got sunstroke and my hands got blisters from holding the hoe. Now I am used to the pace of life in the countryside.
I am the youngest daughter, single so I live with my father, taking care of him is more convenient than my siblings who have families.
My father is 83 years old and had a stroke so he has difficulty walking. I cook well and he eats more. Since I came back, he has been happier.
Kieu Trinh in her hometown Binh Phuoc - Photo: NVCC
My life has been a journey since I was 14 years old, not even finishing secondary school.
Now thinking back, if only I had studied harder, I would have had more opportunities to get a better job.
Not long after I gave birth to my second child (Ky Phong, who played the role of Stork in the movie Southern Forest) , my mother passed away and I was cheated out of everything.
At that time, I lived a hard life, spending all my money every month, it was a crisis.
But then I woke up, if I don't take care of myself, who will take care of my family and children?
That heavy responsibility made me decide to let go of whatever I could, to let go easily and comfortably.
When I live slowly, I realize that everything is arranged by God. Like the fact that I have wanted to take care of my father for a long time.
But honestly, in Saigon, I prioritized work because of economic pressure. The pandemic made the decision to return home to take care of my father even stronger.
Oh, I'm more realistic than before (laughs) . I used to be romantic and loved beauty.
Once, while filming a movie in the North, I used all my salary of 12 million VND to buy rose trees to plant in my hometown, and had to pay for transportation out of my own pocket.
Now there is only one rose tree left, but it cannot bloom because of the different weather. Sometimes I also spend a few million to buy flowers from Da Lat to plant.
Now I feel like it’s a waste. I grow fruit trees. At home I have plum, guava, jackfruit, mangosteen, star apple trees… There are fruits to eat in every season.
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