Red Rain: Haunted by a series of questions from the 'cast', netizens feel sad when hearing them

The film "Red Rain" recreates 81 days and nights at Quang Tri Citadel in 1972, depicting a tragic epic. Not only bombs and bullets, the film also contains memories of people's lives during the war, making viewers more aware of the value of peace today.

"Do you want to lose an arm, a leg or go blind? A quarter or three quarter disability?" - a half-joking, half-serious line, seemingly just an unintentional line but it hit the hearts of the actors, the film crew and the audience. It was not in the script, nor was it a make-up trick of the director. It was a natural statement from the soldiers of the past, those who had actually gone through the Quang Tri war in the fiery summer of 1972 and brought back wounds that would never heal.

In that seemingly humorous tone, the listener feels a naked truth: war is loss, is injury, is the exchange of blood and bones of youth. The "humor" of the wounded soldiers only makes the pain more piercing, because behind that smile are fierce years deeply engraved in memory. That is also the spirit that the film Red Rain brings to the audience. Not rosy footage, not one-sided heroism, but a picture full of blood and tears, but still shining with comradeship, with the will to survive to protect every inch of land.

Red Rain, adapted from the novel by writer Chu Lai, has rekindled memories of the 81-day and night battle to defend Quang Tri Citadel. A battle that was not only important in terms of tactics and strategy, but also had historical significance at the Paris negotiation table. Among the many tragic details that director Dang Thai Huyen brought to the silver screen, inviting real wounded soldiers to participate in the film was the boldest decision. They not only recreated the war, but with their own bodies, they turned Red Rain into a living testament. And the saying "Do you want to lose an arm, a leg, or go blind? A 1/4 or 3/4 disability?" is the knife that deeply engraved that truth into the hearts of the audience.

When cinema intersects with brutal reality

If in previous war films, audiences often only saw bombs, smoke, fire or elaborately staged killing scenes, Red Rain went one step further. The film brought real wounded soldiers, those who remained in the old Quang Tri Citadel, into the film. This almost blurred the line between cinema and reality. In a scene in the surgical bunker, wounded soldiers lay "layered like fish" on narrow stretchers, their groans echoed throughout the stuffy bunker. The camera panned over a pair of legs that had just been amputated, a body covered in blood, a purple face. The audience shuddered, thinking it was just makeup or special effects. But no, it was a real wounded soldier, who had been disabled since 1972.

Right after that scene, there was the scene where Doctor Le (Hua Vi Van) was forced to amputate his comrade's leg because he ran out of anesthesia. Actor Hua Vi Van recounted that when the scene was finished, he and Hieu Nguyen could not hold back their tears. Because when standing among real wounded soldiers, the pain they had experienced was no longer a "film" thing, but a clear reality. The presence of wounded soldiers was like a constant reminder that what was happening on screen was not just fiction, but a painful part of history, a big scar in the nation's soul.

Light-hearted joke but reflects indomitable spirit

The film Red Rain realistically and hauntingly recreated the war at Quang Tri Citadel in 1972. Lines like "Do you want to lose an arm, a leg, or go blind?" from a soldier, or the saying "The citadel is wide but my comrades are cramped" from a veteran, depicted the ferocity of war better than any other scene.

The special feature of the film is the appearance of real wounded soldiers. They are not only actors, but also "living witnesses" of history. Their presence makes the film not only a historical cinematic work, but also a tragic "living memory", helping the younger generation better understand the great sacrifices of their ancestors, thereby appreciating the value of peace.

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