Bùi Bài Bình

Quiet Night is an old Vietnamese film produced in 1984 by director Tran Phuong with the participation of actors People's Artist Nhu Quynh, Bui Bai Binh, and Tran Phuong

Un homme qui, à l'âge de treize ans, a eu un accident qui l'a laissé avec un handicap mental permanent, retourne de façon obsessionnelle à la maison où il a passé son enfance et au goyavier qu'il aime tant. Son enfance reste plus vivante pour lui que la réalité qu'il habite maintenant, et lorsque la jeune femme qui habite actuellement la maison découvre son histoire, elle l'autorise à entrer, afin qu'il puisse parcourir les pièces de sa mémoire.

A government minister from Hanoi has a car accident on the way to a wedding in a remote village. The county hospital does not have the authority to operate on a minister. The county commissioner would like the operation done in the county for the prestige it would bring, but will not authorize it without the approval of the whole county committee. The hospital director has filled his quota, so does not want to take the risk of an operation. Since a telephone call to Hanoi has to be booked two days in advance, the minister's wife cannot be contacted, nor can a helicopter be arranged to move the minister to Hanoi.

A soldier (Hien) survives the war and comes back to live with his brother's family (Tien). He can't seem to adjust to civilian life after the war and feels increasingly alienated from other people, whom he finds calculating, selfish and materialistic.

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.

The life of an extended family is not always peaceful because of differences in personality, lifestyle, and the interior of each small family.