Typhoon Yagi - a historic storm that hit Vietnam in September 2024 was warned in advance, but the consequences after the storm were beyond human imagination. And the most tragic consequence that Typhoon Yagi caused was the disaster that took place in Nu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province.
However, rising above that ultimate pain is an unprecedented strength of solidarity, a symbol of the indomitable will to rise up in adversity of the Vietnamese people when the whole country turned towards Nu village.
Nu Village was "revived" after Typhoon Yagi
According to director Vu Thanh Huyen, the title of the film is Mua Ban , in Tay language it means "Returning to the village", the film's title summarizes the content of the film as a journey of the whole country joining hands to revive Nu village after the Yagi natural disaster. Mua Ban is not only a documentary recording the process of reviving and rebuilding Nu village with the 4-month filming process of the production crew from the time the tragic event occurred until a new village was built on new land, but also brings a true story about the pain of an unfortunate man who lost his entire family, 3 households were completely wiped out, the endless pain of families who have not found all the bodies of their loved ones.
Director Vu Thanh Huyen with children in Nu village
The story of heroes rebuilding Nu village
Director Vu Thanh Huyen said that she felt both proud and pressured when making the film. The first idea she thought of was to create a non-linear film structure with two parallel lines. One side is the story of how the people of Nu village recovered after the disaster and the other side is the story of the heroes at the construction site to rebuild the new Nu village for the people.
"But more importantly, I thought of making a film without commentary because in my opinion, no words can fully describe the pain that the people of Nu village had to endure in this tragic natural disaster through the characters' own words," director Vu Thanh Huyen shared.
Filming began in October and ended when the villagers celebrated their first Tet in the new village. The journey lasted 4 months with continuous business trips from Hanoi to Lao Cai and back.
According to director Vu Thanh Huyen, this is a film that did not have a script in advance because the crew could not know what was going to happen before filming. During the process of living with the people, the film crew had information about what the people were preparing to do and listened to their stories.
After some time of research, the female director learned that, in addition to the character Hoang Van Thoi, who was very famous on the internet at that time because the information that he lost his family and children created great sympathy with people all over the country. However, when she arrived, she learned that the character Thoi was not the only man who lost his wife and children, but that there were 7 men in Nu village who lost their wives and children in the disaster. Even Hoang Van Thoi's real brother, Hoang Van Thao, also lost his wife and 2 children because they went to avoid the storm with Thoi's wife and children and his real sister.
In this story line, the female director was most impressed with the two characters Hoang Van Voi and Nguyen Van Vung. If Mr. Voi represents the character line despite suffering much pain and loss, with the will to rise up and overcome adversity, Mr. Vung brings Ms. Huyen many emotions because of the torment of regret for the unfinished things that he has not had time to do for his loved ones.
The film crew during the making of Mua Ban.
The film does not have any special effects because the main highlight of the film is the tragic scenes that took a lot of effort from the film crew to create and the epic timelapse and flycam scenes to show the heroic spirit and enthusiasm at the construction site of the soldiers of the 12th Army Corps to deliver houses to the people on time before the Lunar New Year 2025.
In addition, in the film Mua Ban , in addition to two parallel narrative lines, one side describes the daily life of the people of Nu village and the other side describes the construction atmosphere at the reconstruction site, there will be segments with other content such as architecture, construction techniques or expert perspectives on the geology of Nu village, cleverly interwoven to create appeal, appeal and maintain the audience's emotional flow, making it difficult for viewers to take their eyes off the screen.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vtv-dac-biet-mua-ban-khuc-trang-ca-cua-su-hoi-sinh-lang-nu-185250306153847565.htm
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