The film “Don’t burn ( Dung dot ) ” was screened at the Viethaus in the German capital city of
It was about an heroic female army doctor’s life and her love for her country and people. during the anti-US war and has won overseas Vietnamese audience’s favor. "Dung Dot" was directed and written by Dang Nhat Minh,
The doctor, Dang Thuy Tram, dedicated her life to the country during the Vietnam War. The film opens with a battle in
Tram fell down on the battlefield at the age of 27 and her diary was found by a
“Don’t burn” was produced in 2008 based on a diary kept by army doctor Dang Thuy Tram of the liberation army during the most violent wartime in the battlefield in the central
The private memoirs, popularly sought by readers both in
The English version was released under the title “Last Night I Dreamed of Peace.”
"Dung dot" is the shortened form of what a Vietnamese interpreter named Huan, of the former Saigon regime, is supposed to have told Whitehurst when he handed them back after reading them: “Dung dot, trong do da co lua (Don’t burn [it], it has fire in it).”
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Do Hoa Binh and his wife along with Vietnamese people in
At their talks with director Minh after the film show, the Vietnamese audience said they hoped he would make a film on the life and career of the Vietnamese community in
The movie “Don’t Burn “ has been named to represent
