"The Fire of Thien Nhan" - a fairy tale of the global era

The documentary film "The Fire of Kindness" is like a warm fire, awakening everyone, to see that life still has many loving hearts...

Premiered October 15 at Ngoc Khanh cinemas (Hanoi) and 15 days later, 77 minutes of "The Fire of Thien Nhan", spread and spread to the Platinum Cineplex, BHD Star Cineplex Ha cinema system. Noi - Ho Chi Minh City, which is usually reserved for Hollywood blockbusters, with screenings that no longer have an empty seat. “Going to see ’The Fire of Kindness’” became an invitation and invitation in the early days of this November…
Maybe it has been decades since the documentary film invited by Vietnam has had an explosive and widespread phenomenon, creating an impact on the public and society as with "The Fire of Thien Nhan", produced and directed by Oriental Pictures film studio. Dang Hong Giang. And it’s been a long time since Vietnamese documentaries have earned revenue with high ticket prices that attract more customers than such Hollywood blockbusters. A film with no new tricks in the way of doing, the theme of good people and good deeds, but has the power to move the audience’s emotions to the very end.

Thien Nhan in the opening ceremony at the beginning of the school year.

Is it true that when you go out on the street, you see constant insecurity, evil prevails over good, faith is eroded by many social and ethical disturbances, kindness, love and humanity sometimes become distant slag… “The Fire of Kindness”, has been like a warm fire, awakening everyone, to see that life still has many benevolent hearts, love for humanity without limits or borders…, is kindness never lost in Vietnamese people and the world..

A fairy tale of a world time

"The Fire of Kindness" is the story of a young boy’s journey to find a miraculous life, who was abandoned at the edge of the forest and eaten by a wild animal. But with a strong survival instinct along with the immense kindness of those who have conceived, adopted, cured, healed and regenerated the damaged body, the boy is likened to a "soldier" "brave lead" has become a symbol of "good people" of the @ era.

A kind mother with immense love like a fairy in a fairy tale Tran Mai Anh, even though she has 2 sons, still embraces the baby when he is barely alive in the midst of life and death. when taking the baby to the operating room as if he was in pain himself. Then there were the "Buddhas" who thought they had brought back miracles like Professor Dinh Tue, overseas Vietnamese in the US, and Mr. Greig Craif (President of the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation), who was considered crazy when he determined to find everything. Dr. Roberto, the world’s leading expert, who comes Italy with golden hands, considers Vietnam as his home and is ready to operate for free for children.

And even Singaporean journalist Lee does his best to raise more than 100,000 USD for Thien Nhan and children with genital disabilities who have financial treatment… Not to mention hundreds and thousands of other benevolent hearts contributing money. for Thien Nhan to heal, to turn back into a perfectly healthy human.

Thien Nhan and the film’s director - Dang Hong Giang

The fairy tale that is very real in this time has moved the film crew, so that since the story about the boy was published in the media in 2006, it has gathered enthusiastic people pursuing a topic that is not easy. easy and very expensive. But when the film has touched on the issue of humanity, human attributes, is a kind thing, it will become borderless, ageless, genderless and classless, moving and awakening everyone. ..

Ignite the fire of humanity
The journey to find life and regenerate and complete the physical disabilities of Thien Nhan and his adoptive mother and the characters are recorded realistically, vividly, under many different perspectives and contexts. The sound is recorded directly, many of the videos are self-recorded family documents, the quality is not standard, but it brings true emotions, not fake staging.

The characters also live true to their emotions, do not act, do not act, do not preach morality or show off their efforts... That is what makes the film more and more accessible to the audience, allowing the audience to cry. laugh, bursting with the pain and happiness of the character. Faith in kind people, kind stories is restored…
For a long time, in the hundreds of Vietnamese films that have been released in theaters, and especially those that have been released to mark the milestone in the past 10 years, most of them are violent, horror, comedy or socio-psychological films full of scenes. hot... then the documentary film "The Fire of Kindness" is like a warm flame of human love, rekindled bringing a new outlook on contemporary social issues, awakening people to live an honest life,

And as director Dang Hong Giang shared: "At a time when society is losing trust, there are too many heartbreaking cases happening, I want this film to help the audience feel the joy of life, love. love still exists”.

The film "Than Thien Nhan Fire" - produced by Oriental Pictures, directed by Dang Hong Giang, was selected to open the New York Independent Film Festival 2014, representing Vietnamese films in "Panorama - Selected World Cinema" at the festival. Hanoi International 2014.

According to Hoai Huong/Vov