Dreamy Eyes review: 30 years of unrequited love Lim Yian Lu
Language: Vietnamese with various subtitles
Streaming on Netflix from 1 July
3 out of 5 stars
SINGAPORE Dreamy Eyes is a Vietnamese romance film that stars Tran Nghia as Ngan, who falls in love at first sight with Ha Lan (Truc Anh) when they are six years old. At a little countryside called Do Do, the two share nostalgic memories as childhood friends. However, things start to change after Ha Lan goes to the city to study, and is no longer the pure and simple girl that Ngan once knew.
However, Ngan’s feelings for Ha Lan remain unrealistically unrequited and unconditional. Ngan continues to stay by her side even when she is made heartbroken by the playboy Dung (Tran Phong), or when she becomes pregnant with Dung’s child. Ngan even goes so far as to help Ha Lan take care of her child Tra Long (Khanh Van) in the countryside while she is busy working in the city. Despite Ngan doing so much for her, Ha
For artists, getting back works intact from exhibitions a lottery
By Kieu Anh December 11, 2020 | 07:46 pm GMT+7
Artists sending their works to exhibitions have to run the gauntlet of vandals, unprofessional handling by organizers and even thieves.
Occasional damage is an inherent risk artists are reconciled to when sending their works to art galleries and exhibitions.
But recent occurrences at the Vietnam Fine Art Exhibition have been beyond the pale.
On November 30, artist Le Thanh Binh, who was informed that his works had been vandalized, rushed to the gallery to discover that some 10 of his pieces were badly damaged. Frames were broken, paintings were scratched or, worse still, pierced right through the center, some had blobs of white paint on them, and one sculpture was destroyed.