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Tran Thanh’s The 4 Rascals begins with Kieu’s playful narration, setting up a contrast between her own modest life and best friend Quỳnh Anh’s seemingly perfect existence. Early scenes follow Kieu’s envy as Quỳnh’s marriage to banker Quoc Anh blossoms, only to reveal cracks in that picture-perfect bond. When Quỳnh Anh grows suspicious of her husband’s loyalty, she enlists four unlikely allies—Kieu herself, Uncle 11, Aunt Dì Bón and the tarot-reading Jessica—to investigate potential infidelity.

Behind the camera, Tran Thanh wears multiple hats as writer, director and part of the “rascals” ensemble, steering the film’s rhythm alongside Linh Dan Nguyen Phan’s vibrant cinematography. January 29, 2025 saw The 4 Rascals debut in Vietnam, where it shattered box-office records by hitting 100 billion Vnd in three days and soaring past 300 billion Vnd within less than two weeks. A March rollout across North America and Europe...

Tran Thanh‘s “The 4 Rascals” (Bo Tu Bao Thu) has taken the Vietnamese box office by storm, becoming the country’s highest-grossing film of the year and breaking records at an unprecedented pace. The film’s rapid financial success, surpassing 100 billion Vnd in just three days and crossing the 300 billion Vnd ($12M) mark within 12 days, highlights, once more, that Tran Thanh is the undisputed king of Vietnamese box office. Now, with an expansive release in nearly 300 theaters across North America and Europe, “The 4 Rascals” marks a historic moment for Vietnamese cinema on the global stage, as it has become the biggest box office success in North America for a Vietnam-produced film.

The movie begins as a story about the rivaling friendship of two women, Kieu, who also narrates the story, and Quynh Anh. However, as soon as her narration reaches the point when her friend met and eventually...

André Holland is on a roll with three new films, ‘The Last Supper’ tests the faith-based market, hot Vietnamese director Tran Thanh is back, and documentary October 8 examines the explosion of antisemitism after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

A handful of big indies are out with wide releases from Focus Features (Black Bag) to A24 (Opus) to Falling Forward Films and Ketchup Entertainment (Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up).

Neon, the indie distributor of the moment, is out with mystery-thriller The Actor, André Holland’s third leading role this year after Sundance-premiering Love, Brooklyn by Rachael Abigail Holder, which Holland also produced, and The Dutchman, by Andre Gaines, which just debuted at SXSW. The Actor opens in NYC at the Angelika, Holland doing Q&As, at The Grove in LA and top 10 markets – 20+ screens in all.

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Exclusive: Vietnam’s highest-grossing film of 2025 to date, The 4 Rascals (Bo Tu Bao Thu), has been set for theatrical release in 12 markets including North America, the UK and Germany beginning March 14. This is the latest in a string of local hits to be released internationally by savvy specialty distributor 3388 Films.

It’s also the latest film from director Tran Thanh to top Vietnamese box office charts. When it released locally on January 29, The 4 Rascals crossed the 100B Vnd ($4M) threshold within three days – the fastest ever to the mark. By day 12, the movie exceeded 300B Vnd ($12M), giving the filmmaker his 4th title in the Top 5 highest-grossing movies of all time in Vietnam.

Tran Thanh is also the only director to ever have a film cross 300B Vnd at the Vietnam box office, a feat he has achieved with each of his titles.