Abstract:

Dramatizes the effect of the Vietnam War on a single South Vietnamese family, the inner conflict of decisions by each member of the family whether to remain in vietnam or leave with the imminent advance and fall of Hue and eventual fall of Vietnam. Dat Kho, whose cast includes the beloved Vietnamese inconic anti-war songwriter/poet/artist Trinh Cong Son (1939-2001) who posthumously won the World Music Peace Award in 2004, is a story of the love of family, love of homeland, love of the culture and language of Vietnam and the ethereal love of the ingenue daughter for her fiance, foiled by the antagonistic forces of the ever-present war. It is thought-provoking, and at the same time it directly relates to present day conflicts such as the Gulf War and Iraq in challenging the reasons for foreign involvement in essentially a civil war and addressing the lessons learned or that should have been learned. With Trinh Cong Son, Bich Hop, Yuan Ha, Van Quynh, Luu Nguyen Dot