Minh Hang and Ngoc Trinh star in a movie about Saigon beauties.

Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai - representative of CGV, the distributor - said the workSister sister 2Set in Saigon in the 1920s and 1930s, the script focuses on the glamorous lives of two beauties of the time and their struggles for power. The film also has many details inspired by the legend of the Black and White princes with their famous parties. The film is the first time Minh Hang and Ngoc Trinh have acted together, and is expected to be released in theaters during Tet 2023.

From left to right: director Vu Ngoc Dang, actors Minh Hang, Ngoc Trinh, producer Will Vo during the filming session on June 22.

The work is a new project of director Vu Ngoc Dang afterGodfather(2021) - a movie with a revenue of over 400 billion VND, co-produced and starring Tran Thanh. The film is a chick-flick (mainly for female audiences), with a bright and funny atmosphere. The crew has not revealed the specific roles of the main actors, saying that the script was "tailored" for Ngoc Trinh and Minh Hang. The film was shot for nearly two months, then focused on post-production.

Producer Will Vo said the film's content is separate fromSister sister(Directed by Katy Uyen) - a project he also did in 2019. "We named itSister sister 2to emphasize the idea of ​​making a film series revolving around female lead couples and their confrontational stories," said Will Vo.

According to legend, the characters Ba Tra (Tran Ngoc Tra) and Tu Nhi (Marianne Nhi) were two beauties living in Saigon in the early 20th century. In the bookSaigon left, scholar Vuong Hong Sen, who lived at the same time as the beauty Ba Tra, said he had talked to the character. "Miss Ba Tra, the number one beauty in the South, a beautiful woman who once captivated many young men in the South. They surrounded her, competing to throw money out the window. All the money and property their parents left behind, those young men spent it all, without regret, hiring girls", he wrote. The beauty Tu Nhi - a Khmer beauty who was once mentored by Ba Tra - gradually became her competitor. From then on, the friendship of the two beauties cracked when many people became infatuated with and pursued Tu Nhi.

Ngoc Trinh - Minh Hang.

Minh Hang was born in 1987 in Ho Chi Minh City. In addition to being a singer, she has acted in nearly 20 television series and movies. Roles inCall the dream backbrought Minh Hang the "Best Actress" award at the HTV Awards 2011. At Mai Vang 2015, she won the "Most Favorite Film and Television Actress" award. In recent years, she has ventured into film production. In February,Sweet Trap- 18+ film she co-produced and played a supporting role in - grossed over 90 billion VND, the highest-grossing Vietnamese film since the beginning of the year. The actress held a wedding ceremony with businessman Quoc Bao on June 18 in Vung Tau.

Ngoc Trinh was born in 1989, from Tra Vinh. Starting her career as a model, in 2016, she played the main role in her first movie.Waist 56(directed by Vu Ngoc Dang) - inspired by her life. In 2019, she starred inWedding chaos- romantic comedy starring Dieu Nhi, La Thanh...

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