Song Lang (Vietnamese)
Directed by Leon Le (2018), musical drama, run time 1:41
Set in Ho Chi Minh City in the 1980s, the film revolves around the complicated relationship between Linh Phung, the lead singer of the cai luong musical theater troupe Thien Ly, and Dung, a debt collector from a cai luong family. Throughout the film, cai luong music is highlighted and plays a leading role in the story line. The film takes its title from the name of a handheld wooden clapper instrument that keeps the beat in cai luong.