2025 opens a major turning point for historical war films with 2 large, quality projects with large-scale and grand investment. If Land of the Sun in the Dark is invested in and released by a private company, Red Rain becomes the first war film produced by a state-owned film studio to be released commercially through a private company.
geography: Sun in the dark will be released in April 2025 at the moment the country is looking forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day. The film was invested with more than 50 billion VND, earning more than 170 billion VND in revenue.
Landards: Sun in the dark revolves around the battle of a squadron on a journey in the land before the fierce attack of the US soldiers. The film is inspired by the real landfall in 1967 in Cedar Falls.
The historic Cedar Falls offensive is described as the second large-scale campaign in the US strategic counter-offensive in the 196667 dry season into the "Iron Triangle" area of Ben Soc - Cu Chi - Ben Cat.
geography: Sun in the dark is a war film with survival colors. The small tourists are trying to survive the destructive power of bombs, bulldozers, and tanks, while trying to fight in unprecedented ways.
Many viewers when watching the film expressed that they were not moved because "The Geography" did not show fierce fighting scenes, images of brave soldiers sacrificing... Director Bui Thac Chuyen said: "There cannot be a war against the rice fields, or a war of hand-to-hand with guns and ammunition. The small tourists of Cu Chi must try to survive and cope with a kind of sweeping disaster.
geography: The Sun in the Dark has a unique personal cinematic color of director Bui Thac Chuyen.
The film "Red Rain" produced by the Army Cinema revolves around the 81 day and night war to protect the ancient citadel of Quang Tri in 1972, "Red Rain" received a storm of compliments from both experts and audiences for the brutal and realistic level of the battle. The film will be released in theaters from August 22 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and National Day on September 2.
On film forums, many viewers compared geography: Sun in the dark and Red Rain with multidimensional opinions. Director Bui Thac Chuyen spoke up, he gave many compliments to the film "Red Rain" and said that the film "Red Rain" made it much more difficult than " Geography: Sun in the dark".
Talking to Lao Dong reporter, director - Meritorious Artist Dang Thai Huyen said, she hopes the audience will not compare the two films with each other in a negative way.
Each director has his own style, each film has its own story, reflecting different stages, battles with different characteristics inspired by history. Therefore, I really hope there is no comparison here. The film The Earth is also very difficult to make, filming in a low, dark tunnel, with such lighting and space conditions, it is really difficult. Mr. Bui Thac Chuyen is a very good director. Therefore, I hope that the audience will go to watch the film with the mindset of enjoying it, so that when leaving the theater, they can go home to read more historical documents, learn more about the battles, the real stories that happened... To love and be proud more" - director Dang Thai Huyen said.
"Red Rain" currently exceeds VND300 billion in revenue, predicted to reach the target of VND500-600 billion. Regarding the production investment, the representative of the People's Army Cinema said: "It is impossible to fully calculate the costs spent on the film".
