Most of them are because they admire Leon Le's talent through the film "Song Lang" that caused a big stir in Vietnam in 2018, as well as Lien Binh Phat's expressive acting in the film. Partly because of curiosity, actor Do Hai Yen returned to the screen after nearly 10 years after "Canh Dong Bat Tan". Leon Le's film project " Quan Ky Nam" was nurtured by him for 7 years, while the cast participating in the film had to accompany the director for 3 years. Do Hai Yen could not hide her emotions in front of the audience because it took a long time to return to the silver screen and this was the right time. Time has made Hai Yen look "more beautiful" on the outside, but so it is suitable for the owner of Ky Nam restaurant, at the age of "young people not yet gone, old people not yet come".
Hai Yen's acting has not been adjusted for a long time, so it is a bit harsh, sometimes tense in appearance or it can also be the director's intention for the character to always carry on, to survive in the midst of the scandals about having children crossing the border. But the later Hai Yen plays, the smoother it becomes, especially the eyes that contain many moods in close scenes, especially when "the love is like before, the outside is still afraid" of Khang played by Lien Binh Phat. Yen's lines are somewhat lacking in internal strength in some scenes, affecting the character's inner expression.
Lien Binh Phat emotionally expressed the role of Khang, a young translator with the potential to be traded a new version of the famous book "Little Prince" written in 2018 by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, one of the earliest Vietnamese translations before its release, by Bui Giang, An Tiem Publishing House published in 1973. Lien Binh Phat's eyes are wide open with a look at times of curiosity, excitement, sometimes enchantment, drowning or sometimes sadness... haunting Ky Nam, the owner of a monthly rice restaurant and also haunting viewers. The character of the boy named Su (played by Tran The Manh) is a very individual character with a unique appearance that brings an interesting color to the film.
The flow of the film is slow, rapid and profound with each shape, lyrical music with people in a Saigon neighborhood in the 80s with the golden silvery color of plastic films (' Quan Ky Nam's film is 100% filmed with 35mm plastic film). The story is not too dramatic, but it takes place naturally like life, including the fragility of a human life such as the unforeseen passing of old man Hao (played by Le Van Than) in the medical profession.
