Năm Sau Con Lại Về

A warm, gently comic tale of parental pride and white lies, balancing laughs with quiet heartache as a family's love is tested by appearances.

Directed by

Trần Ngọc Giàu

Starring

Hoài Linh, Lê Khánh, Nhật Cường

Overview

When their son Thiện returns to Vietnam from America with his wife Mai, an elderly couple living in poverty pretends to have won the lottery to avoid embarrassing him. They borrow money to rent a luxurious villa and create the illusion of a wealthy lifestyle. However, Mai's unexpected demands force them to take their deception even further, including pretending to own a successful restaurant. With help from their kindhearted neighbor Sáu, a motorbike taxi driver, they struggle to keep their secret while mounting debts threaten to expose everything.

How it feels

Warm, satirical, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Family, class, deception, parenthood

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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