Many viewers once asked a humorous question with the main idea, in his life, how did Tran Thanh meet women, how cold to the point of being fierce, making Tran Thanh's life about women always have a dominant color of being formidable, sharp, and overwhelming men.
In the movie "Dad" directed by Tran Thanh and Vu Ngoc Dang released in 2021, besides the conflicting relationship between Mr. Ba Sang (Tran Thanh) and his son Quan (Tuan Tran), the character of aunt Anh played by Lan Phuong appears.
Ms. Anh is the wife of Mr. Ba Sang's younger brother. Right from the moment she appeared, Ms. Anh had the colors of a wife who is sour, sharp-tongued, repressive and treats her husband badly. Ms. Anh continuously addressed him as "you - I", arguing with her husband.
Audiences once argued about Lan Phuong's Aunt Anh character, but did not expect that this would be the character image that appears throughout Tran Thanh's films later.
Because immediately after that, the movie "Nha ba Nu" released in the Tet movie season in 2023 is a "combination" of fierce women gathered in the family of Mrs. Ngoc Nu (Le Giang).
The film builds on 3 generations of women in Mrs. Nu's family who are all formidable, sharp-tongued, even... aggressive, rude, and rude. Mrs. Ngoc Nu has 2 daughters, Ngoc Nhu (Kha Nhu) and Ngoc Nhi (Uyen An).
As soon as she appeared on screen, Ngoc Nhu "cursed her husband" in the literal sense, with the way of addressing him "you - I", disregarding and insulting her husband Phu Nhuan (Tran Thanh) harshly. At the peak, Phu Nhuan, because of frustration, because of being looked down upon in his wife's house, had an affair. When the affair broke out, Phu Nhuan suffered humiliation and condemnation from his mother-in-law and wife. This scene once caused a social media storm with Phu Nhuan's line played by Tran Thanh, "Everyone is at fault, but why does everyone consider themselves a victim?".
Besides, the scene of Ngoc Nhi (Uyen An) and her boyfriend John (Song Luan) arguing with each "viral" across platforms. When Ngoc Nhi addresses each other, accusing John of being insensitive when she is pregnant. Watching this scene, although Ngoc Nhi considers herself a "victim" of the relationship, many viewers believe that they feel worried for John, and pity for the character John when dating someone formidable and fierce like Ngoc Nhi.
Mai" was released in 2024 with a record revenue of 550 billion VND, and is still Tran Thanh's highest-grossing film. Mai (Phuong Anh Dao) is built with many differences compared to the "haunting" female characters in "Nha ba Nu" or Aunt Anh (Godfather). However, there are still arguments, "you - I", between Mai and Trung Duong (Tuan Tran).
Coming to "Bo tu bao thu", of course there are still fierce arguments, but there is a "light" adjustment that, when the conflict is fierce with her boyfriend, Quynh Anh (Miss Tieu Vy) only addresses "this one", "this one has taken care of me every bite of rice for so many years, ironed me every shirt"...
Images of fierce, sharp female characters like Aunt Anh (Godfather), or the "Mrs. Nu's staff" continue to return and converge in the character Hai Lan of Van Mai Huong and Nhat Ha (Rapper Phao) in the movie "Too Oi!!".
Van Mai Huong's Hai Lan - becomes the next symbol of women in Tran Thanh's movie. Although the script "Thỏ ơi!!" builds Hai Lan belonging to a different social status, different classes, with personal backgrounds and occupations far different from the working class like Aunt Anh, Mai or Ngoc Nu, Ngoc Nhi... but the personality, dialogue, and way of arguing "you - I" with her husband are still the same.
Hai Lan is rich, of course educated, because she is the CEO of a successful business company. Compared to Mai, with Aunt Anh, Ngoc Nhi, Ngoc Nu, Ngoc Nhu... Hai Lan is "more classy", but still has a common color, almost "symbolic" about how to build a female image in Tran Thanh's films.
Nhat Ha (Pháo) is also a type of woman with a terrible color - in a different way. Nhat Ha has in common with the female characters in Tran Thanh's movie the scenes of arguments, you - me between Nhat Ha and her boyfriend Kim (Tran Thanh).
What reason has made Tran Thanh tend to like to build one or more female characters who talk a lot, swear, you – me, argue, raise their voices, have a fierce, terrible personality in all of his films?
