Dumb Luck

Synopsis

The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan (nicknamed Red-haired Xuan for his sunburnt hair) is working as a ball boy. Their encounter that day would change Xuan’s life forever, as the widow introduced him to an entirely different world of the hypocritical and decadent petite bourgeoisie class, a condition of “Westernized” middle-class Hanoians under French colonial rule in the 1920s. An 8-part series adapted from Vu Trong Phung’s classic satire.

Cast

Quốc Trọng

Red-haired Xuân

Thanh Trầm

Mrs. Đoan

Phạm Bằng

Great-grandfather Hồng

Lộng Chương

Great-great grandfather

Hoàng Yến

Great grandmother Hồng

Vũ Ngọc Quang

Văn Minh (Mr. Civilized)

Như Quỳnh

Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)

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Bảo Ngọc

Tuyết

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Quỳnh Hoa

Hoàng Hôn

Trần Tiến

T.Y.P.N (I Love Women, I.L.W)

Quế Hằng

Mrs. T.Y.P.N

Thinh Trinh

Min Đơ (Mille Deux)

Trịnh Mai

Min Toa (Mille Trois)

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Trần Kỳ

Monk Tăng Phú

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Nguyễn Tuấn

Phước (Mrs. Đoan's son)

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Nam Cường

Phán

Crew

Art

• Đào Đức Art Direction

Camera

• Phạm Ngọc Lan Director of Photography

Directing

• Hà Văn Trọng Director
• Lộng Chương Director

Sound

• Vũ Ngọc Quang Original Music Composer

Writing

• Hứa Văn Định Writer
• Vũ Trọng Phụng Writer

Seasons & episodes