| My Mother-in-Law Mẹ chồng tôi | |
| Director: | Nguyễn Khải Hưng Lan Hương |
| Producer: | Nguyễn Khải Hưng |
| Screenplay: | Quang Huy Nguyễn Minh Chính (short story) |
| Starring: | Thu An Chiều Xuân Trần Lực |
| Music: | Vũ Thảo |
| Editing: | Vũ Xuân Thu |
| Production Companies: | Vietnam Television Film Center |
| Distributor: | VTV Khai Hung Film |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes x 2 chaps |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Language: | Vietnamese |
My Mother-in-Law (Vietnamese: Mẹ chồng tôi) is a 1993 Vietnamese telefilm adapted from Nguyễn Minh Chính's October 1993 short story of the same name.[1]
Right after the wedding, Thuận's husband goes to the front line leaving no time for them to have a baby. Then, Thuận (Chiều Xuân) meets commune officer Lực (Trần Lực) and they fall in love. Thuận ends up having Lực's daughter. Thuận's mother-in-law (Thu An) finds out and advises her to break up with Lực, while keeping the child a secret. Lực volunteers to join the army and dies in battle. Thuận is reported to be well and her mother-in-law guides the niece-granddaughter to visit her own father's grave.
Production was executed in the Đông Anh District, lasting about 1 month in 1993. The film was produced by Vietnam Television Film Center and directed by Nguyễn Khải Hưng.
My Mother-in-Law released during the Sunday Show (Văn nghệ chủ nhật) of VFC+VTV in summer 1994 and quickly became the "phenomenon" of 90's Vietnamese television. Lead actress Thu An was named as My mother-in-law or The best mother-in-law of the Gulf of Tonkin (Bà mẹ chồng tốt nhất vịnh Bắc Bộ) by fans.