Movie
Cards on the Table: The Roving Chessman
1983 · 100 min
A slow, talky political thriller that rewards patience with tense historical intrigue and quiet unease.
- Directed by
- Lê Hoàng Hoa
- Genres
- War, Drama, Thriller
- Starring
- Nguyễn Chánh Tín, Lâm Bình Chi, Đỗ Văn Nghiêm
- Tagline
- I AM A VIETNAMESE.
- Overview
- In 1955 Tay Ninh, the National United Front is established and gives Ngo Dinh Diem's government an ultimatum: reform or attack. Luan continues to handle his new rise of popularity within sociopolitical circles in South Vietnam. He goes to Da Lat for a vacation, where a meeting between him and a young woman has been arranged.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, power, betrayal, war
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Lê Hoàng Hoa
- Genres
- War, Drama, Thriller
- Starring
- Nguyễn Chánh Tín, Lâm Bình Chi, Đỗ Văn Nghiêm
