Ly Hai is not a lucky guy with 7 Face Off movies

In fact, the risk, if any, is only until part 3 of the series Flip facebecause up to this part, the series is still not a big hit in terms of revenue enough for the producers to have the confidence to continue as long as it is now (not until part 4 is Flip: There are guests at home Only then will Ly Hai become a director of hundreds of billions).

Also to turn into a series of strong franchises and newest installments (Turn over 7: One wish) obvious progress in skills cannot just be “deaf and not afraid of guns”.

New milestone at the age of 56 for Ly Hai

Ly Hai considers himself “old” in the film world. In 2015, after ki Turn over In the first part of his debut, he stopped his singing career of more than 20 years – at that time it was still a job that made good money for him – to completely switch to being a director. He was 47 years old at that time.

Now he is 56 and Flip 7: One wish is a new milestone in his career.

Ly Hai studied theater acting at the School of Theater Arts 2 (now Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema), then studied vocal music and then switched to becoming a singer. He has been widely known as a singer since the late 1990s and early 2000s.

But while singing, Ly Hai also showed his passion for being an actor and director when he starred in a series of musical comedy films Forever with youin collaboration with director Trung Lunt.

In this series of music films, Ly Hai later took on the role of director and gradually improved, although the technique of making music videos in the past cannot be compared to today’s movies.

Since Forever with youLy Hai’s style of action comedy filmmaking has also been shaped like a series Flip face after that.

It can be said that Ly Hai’s entire career before participating in cinema was useful for his future film career, having real roots and not being a sidekick.

And come Flip 7: One wish (premature screening from April 22), the film’s box office success can no longer be considered a fluke.

The simple reason is that the quality of the film can convince the audience, reaching an emotional level, while some previous parts such as Flip 4: There are good guests in the house Flip 6: Fateful ticket was once considered a bad movie or had many script errors.

Flip 7: One wish is the best and most different film in the series.

The film is completely focused on the psychological genre, the theme of family love, no more action or gangster elements and no big scenes with thousands of actors like in the previous parts.

This choice of Ly Hai once caused skepticism because many people thought he was only good at action, comedy and big scenes but could not “balance” psychology.

But stay Turn over 7Ly Hai did surprisingly well because he was very passionate about the story of a mother getting old, each of her children being unable to take care of her, each with their own suffering.

As a storyteller, he sympathizes with both the old mother and the children. This understanding touched viewers.

“Family man”, “filial son”

“Family man” is an image associated with Ly Hai over the years.

He and his wife, producer Minh Ha, are a perfect pair, companions from the time they starred in Lifetime Together to the time they produced films and raised their small children. Their children also acted in several parts of the film Flip face.

Therefore, the name Ly Hai has never been separate from Minh Ha and her children.

And “filial son” is an image that many people will know better Turn over 7. Ly Hai is the youngest child in a family of nine siblings.

During the launch Turn over 7 In Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of April 24, he invited his 99-year-old mother along with many brothers, sisters, in-laws and grandchildren to celebrate. He revealed that this is less than a third of the members of the extended family.

For a long time, no matter what genre the film is made and what story it tells, Ly Hai’s films always have two overarching themes: family love and friendship.

“I’ve always wanted to tell a story for my family, for my mother, but I’ve only been able to do it until this moment.

This is a family story that I think you also have the same situation,” Ly Hai shared.

Ly Hai’s mother’s name is Pham Thi Hai, and her mother is in Turn over 7 Her name is Nguyen Thi Hai. The film was inspired by his mother, but the story is not exactly the same as in real life.