A film about President Ho’s revolutionary activities in China – “Vuot qua ben Thuong Hai” (Across Shanghai) made by the Vietnam Writers’ Association Film Studio (VIVAFILM), premiered in Hanoi on December 12.

VIVAFILM Director Nguyen Xuan Hung said the biopic can be seen as the second part of “Nguyen Ai Quoc o Hong Kong (Nguyen Ai Quoc in Hong Kong).

The film will be officially on screens in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as from December 17.

Based on the script by Vietnamese writers Ha Pham Phu and Le Ngoc Minh and Chinese author Jia Fei, the film, directed by Trieu Tuan of Vietnam and Fan Dong Yu of China, portrays the life of Nguyen Ai Quoc in 1934 when he came from Hong Kong to Shanghai to try to make contact with international revolutionary movement.

The film spotlights the innate traits of a leader of Nguyen Ai Quoc and praises the contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary cause by Vietnamese patriots in China and the assistance that several historic figures gave to Nguyen in Shanghai.

The film was mainly shot in Hengdian Film Studio in Shanghai, and Nghe An, Quang Binh, Thanh Hoa, Quang Nam provinces of Vietnam. The role of Nguyen Ai Quoc is played by actor Minh Hai.

The State provided 70 percent of the film’s cost, about 11 billion VND, and the remaining 30 percent was mobilised by VIVAFILM.

After the film, VIVAFILM has begun shooting two other films also of revolutionary topics to celebrate the 11th National Party Congress in 2011.