On The Same River is the 1959 film of two directors Nguyen Hong Nghi and Pham Hieu Dan (ie Pham Ky Nam ) produced by the Vietnam Film Company . This is the first feature film of North Vietnam after 1954 and also the first feature film of Vietnam Revolution Cinema
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.