Actor Aly Dung, who played a soldier in the movie "Saigon Special Forces", now lives in a dilapidated 9-square-meter house - which was previously used to raise pigs.
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Aly Dung is living alone here. His 9 square meter house is located at 128/38 Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. |
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The L-shaped house, formerly a pigsty, he bought for 10 taels of gold. He got the money from selling his motorbike. |
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The ground floor is dark, where he usually receives guests. The actor still gets around by bicycle. The motorbike was lent to him by a friend but Aly Dung has not used it yet. |
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The back part is where he bathes, does laundry, and cooks. He plans to grow vegetables to improve his meals. |
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Styrofoam boxes serve as cupboards for cooking utensils. He eats two meals a day, breakfast and dinner. Because of his blood sugar problem, the actor only eats noodles and does not dare to eat rice. |
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Part of the attic is where he keeps his clothes, mostly given to him by friends and students. |
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The house area is small so going up and down the attic is very difficult. |
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The loft is where he rests and works during the day. |
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The attic on the top floor is where he sleeps. It leaks so it has to be covered with a tarpaulin. The mosquito net is two pieces of fabric, patched together with many holes. Part of the wall is cracked and could collapse at any time, but the actor has no money to fix it. |
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The attic holds many of his old things and memories. As a supporting actor with few shows, life was very difficult, Aly Dung had to save and borrow money to survive. |
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The old TV a friend gave him has been broken for many days now, but the actor still hasn't been able to get it fixed because he lacks money. |
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There are many kinds of medicine all over the attic. |
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Because he is often sick, he has to take medicine like eating. |
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The portrait he loved so much was taken at the age of 20. This was the golden age of the family, with a very full life, a villa, cars, and many new motorbikes. |
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The end of this year was also a turning point for the family when his mother died in an accident, Aly Dung's father became depressed and fell into alcoholism and gambling, so the family fortune gradually disappeared. As the eldest brother, the actor had to take care of 14 younger siblings. However, he could only raise the 4 youngest siblings, the older siblings each went their separate ways. In the photo: one of the photos his mother still kept. Aly Dung said that the actor's mother of Arab origin was born in Saigon and was very beautiful. |
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He, his wife, young children and four younger siblings built a hut near his wife's house to live. His wife was not happy with him having to take care of his younger siblings so she took her daughter and left. The actor's cruel fate did not stop when his younger siblings also got sick and died one by one. In the picture is a styrofoam box with a picture of him and his beloved mother. |
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During her acting career, the famous actress Diem Huong respected him very much and considered him her second brother. She often called him affectionately Anh Hai Dung. After the actress gave up her career, Aly Dung also lost contact with her. He kept the photo Diem Huong gave him more than 20 years ago carefully but it gradually deteriorated. Aly Dung tried every way to meet his sworn brother but was unsuccessful. |
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Aly Dung was delighted to receive a phone call from a representative of an amateur theater troupe inviting him to perform Halloween costumes the next day. He had been a supporting actor for a long time. At his peak, he received 40 scenes for the role with a salary of more than 100 thousand/scene. |
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He currently runs a free acting class outside Gia Dinh Park for people in difficult circumstances. At its peak, there were 18 students participating. The class is currently on hiatus due to the rainy season. Aly Dung has written many scripts but has only sold one. |
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The script Overcoming Fate, which he wrote about himself and his family, was completed in 1998 and sent to a major TV station, but because the ending was so tragic, it was not accepted. He liked his mother's saying the most: accept fate, but do not bow your head, but overcome it. |
According to Zing.vn