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Silk of Love, or Time Before the Military Service Day[1] (Vietnamese: Tơ tình, hay là Trước ngày quân-dịch) is a 1963 South Vietnamese 35mm black-and-white film directed by Lê Mộng Hoàng.

Silk of Love Tơ tình
Directed by	Lê Mộng Hoàng
Screenplay by	Nguyễn Thành Châu
Based on	Musical play Time Before the Military Service Day by Quốc Hưng and Lê Khanh
Produced by	Lưu Trạch Hưng
Starring	La Thoại Tân Thẩm Thúy Hằng Mai Ly Năm Châu Thanh Thúy
Music by	Phạm Duy Lê Thương
Production company	Mỹ Vân Films
Distributed by	Mỹ Vân Films Vietnam National Institute of Film
Release date	1963
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Republic of Vietnam
Language	Vietnamese

Plot

A love story of Dũng (La Thoại Tân) the playboy from the National Conservatory of Music and Lệ Trinh (Thẩm Thúy Hằng) the cabaret singer.

Production

Location is Saigon in 1963 while before the 1 November coup.

Art

• Type : Romance, feature.
• Studio : Mỹ Vân Films (Mỹ-Vân Điện-ảnh Công-ti)
• Print : National Cinema Centre (Trung-tâm Quốc-gia Điện-ảnh)
• Directors : Lê Mộng Hoàng
• Screenplay : Nguyễn Thành Châu
• Composer : Phạm Duy
• Theme songs by Hoàng Thi Thơ (with Tình đêm liên-hoan), Nguyễn Hiền (w. Đường tơ thôi lưu-luyến), Văn Phụng (w. Tôi đi giữa hoàng-hôn), Trúc Phương (w. Tơ vương & Chuyện chúng-mình) and Phạm Duy (w. Tơ tình).

Cast

with musicians and dancers of the Vietnam Artists Association (Đoàn Văn-nghệ Việt-nam).

References

• Lê Quang Thanh Tâm, Pre-1975 South Vietnamese Cinema, HochiMinh City Culture and Art Publishing House, Saigon, 2015.
• Sovereignty, Surveillance and Spectacle in The Saigon Fabulous Four

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