Mai Thu Huyen case accusing the film of being suppressed: Experts say `can’t sympathize`

(Dan Tri) – Mai Thu Huyen believes that her newly released movie is being squeezed in screening times.

Fragile Flower is a film directed and produced by Mai Thu Huyen and also plays the female lead, hitting theaters in Vietnam from April 12.

Recently, Mai Thu Huyen spoke up saying that the movie’s screening times were suppressed by theaters and not given priority at good times.

Producer and director Mai Thu Huyen (Photo: Character Facebook).

According to Dan Tri reporter, on April 15 (as of 2:30 p.m.), Mai Thu Huyen’s film had 381 screenings, the number of tickets sold was 224, and earned 16 million VND.

Some opinions also say that a film produced overseas and winning many awards does not mean it will suit the taste of Vietnamese audiences and have good revenue.

Critic Le Hong Lam said he could not sympathize with Mai Thu Huyen’s comments.

`The screenings of Fragile Flower are not too few. On Sunday, the movie had over 400 screenings, but the number of tickets sold was only about 400 tickets. This means that each theater only has 1 viewer if calculated on average, but in reality

Mr. Le Hong Lam said that he understands the pain of producers, directors, and actors when a movie costs money and effort to make but no one watches it.

`Mai Thu Huyen has a great love for cinema, proven through her film journey with quite popular roles and television series. But she really has no directing and producing ability – I have to

If Mai Thu Huyen and Ly Nha Ky – film entrepreneurs – invest money in films by young potential directors, will it be a win-win?

If businesses and large economic groups see the potential and power of cinema and accompany talented directors, we will have a strong cinema industry and create a new wave.

Mai Thu Huyen and actress Maya and Trizzie Phuong Trinh at the red carpet of the closing ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (Photo: Organizing Committee).

Sharing with Dan Tri reporter, producer and director Mai Thu Huyen said she was disappointed and sad when she put a lot of effort but her film did not achieve good sales and was `suppressed` by theaters in Vietnam.

`My movie is shown in nearly 200 theaters nationwide but is scheduled at bad times, with only 2 or 3 time frames per day in the early morning or late evening. If the movie has such a small screening time, revenue will be affected.

According to Mai Thu Huyen, more than 80% of the market share of cinema complexes in Vietnam belongs to foreign businesses, so she believes that `there is a situation where Vietnamese films are not given priority compared to international films`.

`It’s not just me, many Vietnamese filmmakers are also pressured into screening when they come out in theaters, without the opportunity to bring their films to the audience. This is sad, I don’t know who to cry to,` actor The Mountains

Regarding the view that theaters arrange screening times based on audience demand and that poor quality films should not be blamed on the theater complex, Mai Thu Huyen said: `You cannot judge a bad movie just because it is not rated.

I don’t ask for much, I just need to be given good time slots in the first week of release.