"Jade Emperor" Quoc Khanh plays the crazy village chief

With a duration of 30 episodes, “Storm Over the Village” is a TV series produced by the Television Film Production Center (VFC) and will be broadcast on VTV1, Vietnam Television from July 24 at 8:30 p.m. every Thursday and Friday.

This is a political film about the topic of rural innovation associated with hot current events such as: land acquisition, vote of confidence for leaders, urbanization process and consequences leading to social evils, degeneration... The film is produced by Meritorious Artist Tran Quoc Trong in collaboration with director Le Manh.

A scene from the movie

Meritorious Artist Tran Quoc Trong said: “In today’s modern innovation trend, whether we like it or not, the modernization of the countryside and the change in the face of the village are still happening every day in many places. Besides the good and positive aspects to help the face of the countryside become more beautiful and develop day by day, there are still negative aspects and evils… The film “Storm over the village” will tell those things. At the same time, the film will also contain many witty and humorous details… so that viewers will enjoy a film with a political theme.”

In addition, “Storm Through the Village” is also the first film of cinematographer Le Manh as a director. He said: “After many years as a cinematographer and gaining a lot of experience, I want to try my hand at a new position. With the film “Storm Through the Village”, I have devoted all my heart and soul to making it.”

Explaining the film's title "Storm", director Le Manh said: "Storm here means the negative thoughts and lifestyles of some people that have a negative impact on the common life in the countryside that is on the path of modernization. Those things are like storms sweeping through a peaceful small village. And to fight against those things, people need to promote traditional values ​​and live together with love."

In particular, the film “Storm Over the Village” also features the participation of Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh – a person whom audiences often remember for his role as the Jade Emperor in the program “Tao Quan - Meeting at the End of the Year”. “Storm Over the Village” is also the film that marks his return to the television series after a long absence.

Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh plays the role of village chief Loc.

According to Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh, the reason he has not appeared on television recently is because he has been busy with many jobs. "Nowadays, television dramas are often produced in long series and take a lot of time to film, while I am also busy with work at the Vietnam Drama Theater so I rarely have the opportunity to participate."

He also added that he accepted the role in the film “Storm over the village” because after reading the script and discussing with the two directors, he found it to be a light-hearted film, focusing on depicting the rural landscape in the trend of modernization, so he really liked it and wanted to try it. “In the film, I play the role of a village chief, living alone with his father who is nearly 80 years old. He is eccentric but kind and compassionate, and he often helps the villagers with minor repairs for free,” shared Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh.

The story of the film “Storm over the village” begins with the sudden risk of the Lan - Dan couple’s farm growing crops and raising poultry in Doi village. However, the worries and confusion of Lan - Dan’s family cannot be compared to the boiling atmosphere of the upcoming village chief election. The position of “village crier” that no one has paid attention to for many years is now suddenly “valuable” due to rumors: the village bordering the capital may be planned to become a satellite city. Therefore, every household and every person is caught up in the lobbying campaign to vote for the new leader, few people pay attention to the pain of Lan - Dan couple when their farmland is confiscated, poultry and crops cannot be harvested.

A series of promising candidates for the village chief position competed with a lot of scheming campaigns. At the last minute, the villagers voted for Nguyen Phat Loc (played by Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh) - a half-baked journalist who specializes in doing free repairs for villagers, is kind and compassionate. Loc's election caused a stir and demonstrated the villagers' desire to end bureaucracy and harassment among the cadres of Doi village.

Meritorious Artist Cong Ly plays a farmer facing the risk of losing his land.

From here, Loc had to face many difficulties and obstacles from people selling land, having money, creating social evils... Thanks to his enthusiasm, not afraid to help people day and night, Loc resolved conflicts in the village and gradually gained the trust and active support of the people. The way Loc became the village chief was very different from his predecessors: When solving problems, Loc did not accept gifts, even a dozen eggs, a chicken, a kilo of sugar...

Although the film only takes place within the small village of Doi, the collisions, conflicts, and social evils that occur are not just a "storm" that passes through the village, but can completely turn into a "tornado" that continues to sweep through many other villages, destroying cultural values ​​and traditional ethics if there are no responsible leaders to the people like Village Chief Loc.

The film brings together a cast of famous and experienced actors such as: Meritorious Artist Tran Hanh, Meritorious Artist Tuyet Lien, Meritorious Artist Han Van Tinh, Phu Don, Dinh Chien, Thanh Tu... In particular, the film has the participation of three actors familiar with the program "Tao Quan" - Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh, Meritorious Artist Cong Ly and artist Quang Thang./.

According to vov.vn