Tran Thanh said he is not trying to dominate the Tet At Ty theater market because out of the three Vietnamese films released this time, two are his projects.
Director appeared at the premiere Love the wrong best friend (Kaity Nguyen, Ngoc Vang, Thanh Son) as co-producer, on the afternoon of December 16 in Ho Chi Minh City. The project is his second film for Tet this year, besides The Guardian Quartet - Tran Thanh is the director and producer. When asked about dominating the upcoming box office race, Tran Thanh said that having two films released during Tet was not his intention.
"When I invested, I didn't know when the film would be released. Then the distributor decided to show it during Tet because they judged that the film's color was suitable for the general audience, with no age limit. I'm just a small shareholder, unable to change or "take over" the Tet market," he said.
Compared to the Tet Giap Thin, the Vietnamese film box office race for the Tet At Ty has fewer candidates, with three works. Besides the two projects above, the remaining films are Billionaire Kiss - Director and producer Thu Trang.
Tran Thanh agrees with the opinion of Thu Trang that not all movies released at the same time are competitors. He compared the box office to a market, where producers display their products for sale, and if the products are of good quality and clean, consumers will accept them. According to him, if the movies have good content, Vietnamese theaters will attract more audiences.
"From my observation, markets that are ahead of Vietnam such as Korea and the US are slowing down because the public is gradually getting tired of movies in theaters, while domestic audiences still like to watch movies. Why don't we encourage each other to do good things?", he said.
In addition to his role as producer and investor, Tran Thanh also edited the final version of the film. Love the wrong best friend . Initially, he joined the project because he liked the original Thai version, encouraging the distributor to buy the copyright to remake it. Busy with The Guardian Quartet , he suggested that Diep The Vinh try his hand at directing a movie for the first time. Tran Thanh rated Diep The Vinh as one of the top DOPs (directors of photography) in the country, having worked in The Godfather, Mai, Southern Forest Land . He felt more secure when the film had Nguyen Quang Dung supporting it, and Kaity Nguyen - who he considered an acting star - playing the lead role.
According to the script, Kaity Nguyen plays a girl who has a boyfriend (Thanh Son) but has been secretly loved by her best friend (Ngoc Vang) for many years. She and her best friend have missed many opportunities to be together. In addition to playing the main role, the actress also works as a creative director, helping the work to be closer to Gen Z audiences.
The original movie is titled Friend Zone, each caused a fever in Thailand in 2019 with a revenue of more than 210 million baht (153 billion VND). The story begins in high school, when Palm (Naphat Siangsomboon) and Gink (Baifern Pimchanok) were close friends. Palm loved Gink but did not dare to express it because he knew she only saw him as a friend. For 10 years, he had other relationships but still stayed close to help her. At this time, Palm became a handsome flight attendant, and Gink worked with her boyfriend - music producer Ted (Jason Young). The film was released in Vietnam later with the name Love the wrong best friend.
Tran Thanh Full name Huynh Tran Thanh, 37 years old, is an actor, MC, filmmaker. In 2021, he made a splash when he made his first movie. Godfather, won many domestic awards such as Golden Lotus, Golden Kite. In 2023, he released Mrs. Nu's house - his first self-directed work, which achieved the highest revenue of all time at the domestic box office at that time. Earlier this year, the film Tomorrow holds the Vietnamese box office record with 520 billion VND. In early July, he won the Best Director at the 2nd Danang Asian Film Festival.
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