A story about a kid wanting to be the god of heavens (so that he could skip classes and play around all day), Flying Dream’s witticism is equally applicable to situations in the world of adults. The second directorial work of Hữu Đức (who had by then appeared in a number of early Vietnamese...
A schoolboy dreaming of building a giant crane and a sturdy dam finds himself inspired by the legend of The Mountain God and The Lord of the Waters. His reimagination sets it up for the future, where science and technology will enable a post-war Vietnam to conquer nature and move forward.