Paradox movie with Le Khanh and Quoc Truong

From Two Salts next When you fall, I lift you up , it's not hard to see that Vu Thanh Vinh has a special passion for the topic of love and family. Confiding with Tri Thuc - Znews , the director said this is a topic he has always wanted to do since his first steps in the film industry. According to him, it is so intense that it can be called a desire.

"I still have a desire to tell stories about love and family. I see the beauty behind that story and want to spread it to as many audiences as possible," said the father. I lift you up when you fall share.

Colorful family picture

Vu Thanh Vinh's film revolves around two main characters, Thuong and Luc, orphans who grew up under the same roof but have opposite personalities and lifestyles.

Hai Thuong is mature and grown up. She tries to protect and believes that she knows what is best for her younger brother. On the contrary, the youngest Luc lives a dependent life, at 27 years old he is still a vagabond, without a stable job. Under the control of his older sister, Luc feels too suffocated.

He endured for many years, until he met Hai Au, a young girl who lived a free and easy life. Luc's "puppy" love with Hai Au was strongly opposed by Thuong. However, the more she tried to intervene, the more distant their sisterly feelings became.

With the theme of psychology, family, I lift you up when you fall develop a script that is generally quite suitable. The love story easily creates vibrations in the audience when told in a familiar, simple and sincere language.

Vu Thanh Vinh knows how to balance between tear-jerking tragedy and warm, happy moments, leading the audience on a journey with many layers of emotions. The director's lens provides the audience with perspectives from both sides, allowing them to feel and put themselves in the character's situation, before making any judgments.

Both Thuong and Luc are vulnerable individuals who grew up without the warmth of their parents. The differences in their personalities and perspectives on life escalated the conflict between the two sisters.

As for Thuong, subconsciously, she wanted to replace her parents in protecting her younger brother, to the point of overprotection. That concern turned into imposition, turning family affection into chains that kept her younger brother in line. Thuong considered herself a woman who was punished by heaven, having to take all the responsibility upon herself, trying to take care of everything but never being understood.

As for Luc, he was compared to Thuong's "illegible son". In reality, he loved his older sister very much but at the same time was also afraid of her excessive concern. According to the character's confession to his girlfriend, because Thuong "forced" him too much, Luc developed a rebellious mentality.

The tragedy of two people living under the same roof but not finding a common voice raises many troubling questions about family love and blood relationships. It reflects the conflict that any family can encounter, when love is misplaced, expressed in the wrong way, suddenly becoming the trigger for family conflicts.

This perspective is deeply explored by Vu Thanh Vinh, evoking empathy in the audience naturally through the story of family love paradox. The director does not try to preach or glorify family love. Instead, he lets the audience draw their own message through each action and choice of the character.

Of course, the family picture would not be complete if it only had the relationship between Thuong and Luc. Vu Thanh Vinh calculatedly put in many small pieces, showing his intention in building a more multi-dimensional story. The father problem I lift you up when you fall The problem is how to make each character have a reasonable role, contributing to clarifying the family tragedy and highlighting the family message he wants to convey.

Vu Thanh Vinh chose to open up the past story, where childhood memories are deeply imprinted in the minds of the two sisters, where Thuong wrapped up the care and advice of her parents and carried it with her into adulthood.

Delving into past memories creates a convincing background for the character. Viewers understand why Thuong likes to protect and control her younger brother so much. Then, the second sister's excessive behavior somewhat creates sympathy.

Thuong is not entirely hateful, she also has worries, concerns and wounds that need to be healed. The audience sees that from childhood, the older sister was taught that loving and protecting her younger sibling is a responsibility, a job that she must carry on for the rest of her life on behalf of her parents.

Le Khanh first collaborated with Quoc Truong as a couple in love.

Paradox of love

In contrast to the picture of the past, the image of present life offers many slices of the complexity of society, where family affection is tested, sometimes pushed to the brink of collapse.

Luc's life changed when he met Hai Au. The character went through an emotional journey of finding himself again, finding the passion that he had hidden for many years under her control. From getting to know the tattoo industry to adventure sports , the appearance of new friends colored Luc's life in many colors, which he had never thought of before.

The director skillfully planted every small detail to show the change in the character's emotional arc, at the same time bringing the conflict closer to the climax. The process of Luc wanting to "break out of the cocoon" became an important catalyst in shaping the character's career path and maturity, and also the thing that caused the family conflict to explode. Luc was not afraid to confront his sister, finding a way to escape the "cage" in the name of love that she used to control him for many years.

Although the story line at this time still has some broken parts, not really smooth, especially when Vu Thanh Vinh has a habit of using melodrama-style details that are a bit obvious, I lift you up when you fall still scores points thanks to its sincere storytelling, with profound perspectives on familiar family themes.

No one is completely blameworthy or pitiful, both Luc and Thuong must learn to grow up and express their feelings properly. At that time, family love is not simply caring and helping, but also understanding and respecting each other. Thuong needs to accept mistakes, failures and stumbles. And vice versa, Luc also needs to accept himself and find his true value, when living independently without his older sister reaching out to help.

The accident, though still staged, still partly showed some hidden intentions of Vu Thanh Vinh. Thuong always wished that her younger brother would not go out and fool around but would behave well and do as he pleased. The fact that Luc could not go anymore, in a certain sense, meant losing his freedom, but could not make her happy. Only then did Thuong realize that caring was not a restraint.

The scene where the older sister behind the door, helplessly admitting her mistake for overprotecting her younger sibling, easily brought tears to many viewers. Thuong only knew how to try to care for her younger sibling at all costs instead of her deceased parents, but in all those years, perhaps she had never asked how he felt, how he accepted that feeling.

That conflict is the knife that causes the blood to flow between the two characters. However, the incident is also the time when the tragedy is resolved, and the wounds have a chance to heal.

I lift you up when you fall can be considered a testament to the impact of familiar, simple stories. The topic is not new, but with Vu Thanh Vinh's discoveries and sincere narration, although sometimes clumsy, it still easily gains sympathy from the audience.

In recent days, he has been praised by experts for his improvement in skills compared to his first film project. The director said that this is the result of diligently listening to the audience's comments and suggestions with a receptive spirit, and the thought of wanting to "go all the way with cinema".