Fremantle and its Singaporean production company Beach House Pictures told the Asian Television Forum and Market on Thursday that they are working with Vietnam’s Anh Teu Studio on the adaptation of stupid luck (red numbers)a critically acclaimed 1936 satirical novel by Vietnamese author Vu Trong Phung.
Film producer Phan Gia Nhat LinhWu Huazhen, yesterday’s girl, Sweet 20) will write and direct the adaptation, with Lê Thanh Phong, Yuno Choi and Vũ Quỳnh Hà signed on to produce. Popular Vietnamese singer Mono will play the story’s unforgettable protagonist, red-haired Xuan.
The production company’s official story summary for the project reads: “stupid luck The story takes place in Vietnam in the 1930s, a period marked by significant social changes as the country experienced the final years of French colonial rule, the rise of Vietnamese nationalist and reformist movements, and the growing influence of global consumer culture . The film tells the incredible and hilarious adventures of Hong Fa Xuan, an unscrupulous wanderer who rose from poverty to the top of society and was revered as a poster boy for China’s Europeanization movement.
stupid luck The novel was banned in Vietnam from 1954 to 1986 due to its frank depictions of sex, but it remains one of the country’s most discussed and famous satirical novels, offering a scathing critique of the hypocrisy of late colonial society. excerpts from novels, Condolences for the happiness of a familypart of the official literature curriculum of all Vietnamese public high schools, the novel has been widely translated around the world – but Fremantle’s new project is the first film adaptation of the book.
“I am delighted to bring this wonderful Vietnamese story to an international audience,” writer-director Lin said in a statement.
Christian Vesper, CEO of Global Theater and Film at Fremantle, added: “I’m delighted to be working with my colleagues at Beach House Pictures and the great team at ATS on our first film collaboration and am delighted that we Lin is an outstanding director to be able to launch such an iconic novel into life. dumb luck Underscoring our commitment to supporting the best talent in the global film industry.
Beach House script supervisor Conor Zorn added: “stupid luckInfluential Vietnamese writer Vo Trong Phung’s biting satire and poignant themes of class struggle and division still resonate deeply in today’s world. We are delighted to be working with Director Lam, one of Vietnam’s best storytellers, to bring this extraordinary story to the big screen.
stupid luck The film is a Vietnam, South Korea and Singapore co-production, produced by Anh Teu Studio and Sidus and Teu Entertainment (SATE) in collaboration with Beach House Pictures.
Producers include Sidus and Yuno Choi of Teu Entertainment, Le Thanh Phong of A Viet Media, Vu Quynh Ha of CJ HK Entertainment and Phan Gia Nhat Linh of Anh Teu Studio. Executive producers include Conor Zorn, Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little for Beach House Pictures; Christian Vesper and Simon Judd for Fremantle and Sidhus Handae Rhee of Sidus. The film will be distributed in Vietnam by CJ CGV.
