“Color of Withered Grass” premiered in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23 and in Hanoi on November 30. To bring the 80-minute film to the audience with realistic and emotional footage, Lan Nguyen and the film crew followed the musician for 5 years, conducting 15 filming sessions in many provinces and cities across the country. The film also included valuable documentary footage when Tran Tien was still a “traveling singer” wandering on stage performing his immortal songs.
Singer Ha Tran and musician Nguyen Cuong at the premiere of the movie "Color of Withered Grass".
“The color of withered grass”, understood as the color of soldiers’ uniforms, is also the color of fading values, the color of the past. Tran Tien, through black and white films, is still generous and open-minded when talking about wandering songs, war, Hanoi and the sea, the elements that make up his personality and music.
In addition, the film also features the appearance of relatives and friends who have been close to the musician such as People's Artist Tran Hieu, singer Tran Thu Ha, musician Duong Thu, artist Hong Anh or singer/musician Vu Dinh Trong Thang (band Ngot),...
After “The Legend of Kieu”, “The Color of Withered Grass” is the next documentary film that brings the 7x and 8x generations back to their childhood musical feelings through the artistic eyes of the 9x generation, a “peaceful” generation with “heartstorms”.
“Color of Withered Grass” is currently showing at the National Cinema Center with two screenings at 4:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. every day.
Trailer "Color of Withered Grass":
