The General Retires

Apr 1, 1988

1h 30m

★ 6.0

Overview

A general who devoted his life to the communist cause, retires, only to find that his household is in disarray, his grown children money-grubbing, and Vietnamese society far from the rosy picture of equality he'd imagined he'd helped make it.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Vietnam Feature Film Studio

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Cast

General Thuấn

Mạnh Linh

Thủy

Hoàng Cúc

Mr. Cơ

Trần Hạnh

Ms. Thuấn

Thu An

Khổng

Hoàng Dũng

Lài

Tú Oanh

Kim Chi

Chiều Xuân

Tuân

Hoàng Thắng

Mai Chau

Hoà Tâm

Lân Bích

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