Dumb Luck (1990)
The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan (nicknamed Red-haired Xuan for his sunburnt hair) is working as a ball boy. Their encounter that day would change Xuan's life forever, as the widow introduced him to an entirely different world of the hypocritical and decadent petite bourgeoisie class, a condition of "Westernized" middle-class Hanoians under French colonial rule in the 1920s. An 8-part series adapted from Vu Trong Phung's classic satire.
Directors: Lộng Chương, Hà Văn Trọng.
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Quốc Trọng as Red-haired Xuân |
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Thanh Trầm as Mrs. Đoan |
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Phạm Bằng as Great grandfather Hồng |
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Lộng Chương as Great-great grandfather |
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Hoàng Yến as Great grandmother Hồng |
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Vũ Ngọc Quang as Văn Minh (Mr. Civilized) |
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Như Quỳnh as Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized) |
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Bảo Ngọc as Tuyết |
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Quỳnh Hoa as Hoàng Hôn |
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Trần Tiến as T.Y.P.N (I Love Women, I.L.W) |
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Quế Hằng as Mrs. T.Y.P.N |
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Thinh Trinh as Min Đơ (Mille Deux) |
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Trịnh Mai as Min Toa (Mille Trois) |
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Trần Kỳ as Monk Tăng Phú |
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Nguyễn Tuấn as Phước (Mrs. Đoan's son) |
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Quang Sơn as Baccalaureate Tân |
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Quốc Hùng as The Journalist |
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Nhật Đức as Dr. Trực Ngôn (Dr. Honest Words) |
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Lân Bích as Joseph Thiết |
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Trần Hiếu as Victor Ban |
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Hoàng Nhuận Cầm as The Poet in the Garden |
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Đào Phong as Tuyết's fiancé |
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Tuấn Sửu as Quack Tì |
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Sĩ Cát as Quack Phế |
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Hà Văn Cầu as The Fortune-Teller |
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Nam Cường as Cuckold Phán |
| Art | Đào Đức | Art Direction |
| Writing | Hứa Văn Định | Writer |
| Directing | Lộng Chương | Director |
| Camera | Phạm Ngọc Lan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vũ Ngọc Quang | Music |
| Writing | Vũ Trọng Phụng | Writer |
| Directing | Hà Văn Trọng | Director |