# The Glorious Pain (2020)

**Genres:** Documentary

**Duration:** 54 min

**IMDb:** [link](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13476406/) (no votes yet)

## Description

The journey of a small classical Vietnamese opera (Tuồng) troup, one of the very few left, as they travel and perform through the Western Vietnam countryside. Behind the closed curtains, the Royal characters are commoners and peasants who struggle to make ends meet. On the verge of disbandment, what future awaits the troup, its artists, and this traditional art form?

## Details

**Premiere:** 18 Oct 2020

**Director:** Le My Cuong

**Cast:** Ta Bich Loan, Thanh Nguyen, Pham Thi Hao, Luong Ha Tam, Nguyen Thu Huong, Nhat Ly, Ho Anh Vu, Hoang Thu Thu

**Countries:** Viet Nam

**Languages:** Vietnamese

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-05-21 (Thursday)

- **[Babylon Alexanderplatz](/cinemas/81-babylon-alexanderplatz.md) (Mitte):** [2026-05-21 22:00](https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/vietnam-here-there/10081-vietnam-the-glorious-pain)  (OmeU)

## Events

- [Vietnam: Here & There (2026)](/events/355-vietnam-here-there-2026)