In the movie “Candles in the Night”, Mai Thu Huyen plays Truc, a girl from the countryside to the city who is passionate regarding fashion design and has a difficult life. Despite always facing challenges in both career and love, there are times when it seems that everything is lost, Truc still overcomes and moves forward strongly.
Also in this film, actor Ba Anh plays Van, Truc’s first husband. Van was originally a good man but jealous, easily influenced by outsiders, so his relationship with Truc became increasingly tense. He falls more and more and destroys his own happiness with his own hands. At the end of the film, Van had to go to prison because of his addiction.
After 20 years of the movie “Candles in the Night” aired, the life and career of Ba Anh and Mai Thu Huyen have changed a lot.
Mai Thu Huyen
Before participating in “The Candles in the Night”, Mai Thu Huyen was a familiar face of showbiz as a photo model.
But it was only in “The Candles in the Night” that she really became the cult face of the Northern drama village.
After the success of the role of Truc, Mai Thu Huyen was invited to act in many other films such as “Fragile Sunshine”, “House of Three Sisters”, “Universal Footsteps”, “The Turn”… but might not create it. many imprints.
In recent years, Mai Thu Huyen has participated in the role of director and producer of films such as “Lac Gioi”, “American Dream”, “Kieu”… Art activities for many years, but Mai Thu Huyen admitted. I still don’t fully understand the tastes of the audience. Her 10-year cherished film “Kieu” received many negative reactions, even being labeled “disaster”. At that time, the actress was shocked because she felt that her work was insulted.
About love, Mai Thu Huyen married a famous real estate giant in Ho Chi Minh City. Her husband’s name is Thang Van Luong. Mai Thu Huyen many times shared that her husband was her first and last love. The two have been in love since the age of 20, from lovers to husband and wife and have been together for 20 years now. Not long ago, Mai Thu Huyen and her husband celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
Doing art often goes early to late at night and pairs with many co-stars in hot scenes, Mai Thu Huyen feels lucky because her husband has never been jealous. Her partner always understands and respects the nature of her work, and has never asked her for anything.
Mai Thu Huyen and her husband have two children, a boy and a girl. Actress Huyen Anh’s daughter is studying at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising – Academy of Fashion Design and Business). This is a school specializing in training in fashion, fashion business, graphics, interior design and entertainment,… Mai Thu Huyen’s son Anh Kiet also went to the US to study in California, USA. .
Having a fulfilling life, at the age of 40, Mai Thu Huyen is still very young and beautiful. The actress, in addition to work, often travels around the world.
Ba Anh
The role of Van in the movie “Candles in the Night”, helped Ba Anh break through, leaving a strong impression on the audience. Although known as a TV actor, Ba Anh’s main profession is a theater actor. He has been with the Youth Theater (Hanoi) for many years.
After a long absence from the screen, in 2021, Ba Anh returns in the movie “Love the sunny day”. No longer the image of a handsome guy 2 decades ago, Ba Anh transformed into Uncle Vuong – an honest, simple U50 man who was easily deceived, his whole life was carried by his sister. The humorous and witty character in the movie “Love the sunny day” is especially loved by the public.
Regarding her private life, Ba Anh is quite private, rarely sharing in front of the media. Recently, the actor revealed that he was divorced.
Before submitting the application to the court, Ba Anh and his ex-wife lived separately for 3 years. He admits that was a time when his heart was heavy, almost losing sleep every night to think. “In me there is a struggle between love and reason. Emotionally, I want to keep a perfect family for my children because now I live not only for myself but also for my children and relatives. However, intellectually, I have the thought, if the marriage is so heavy, the husband and wife only think badly of each other, it’s like … hell”, he confided.
Ba Anh and his wife have 3 children, which he considers his biggest “asset”. The oldest child is in high school, the second is in middle school, and the youngest is only a few years old. During the separation period, the actor most worried regarding was his children. When the children are sick or the parents on both sides are sick, both he and his ex-wife fall into a difficult situation because they still have to take care of everyone. The two tried to heal, but when presented with an unsolvable “problem”, the two might not talk to each other and fell into an impasse. The deadlock is like a cancer, he said, even though he tried many methods but mightn’t cure it, the only way to get rid of it was to cut it out.
Ba Anh and his ex-wife still maintain a good relationship. They set up a common chat group to interact and discuss their children’s education. On weekends, 3 children can comfortably gather at mom or dad’s house.
After completing the procedure with the court, Ba Anh also made the papers to transfer the house to his ex-wife and two children (the eldest and the third child), while he rented a house nearby and lived with the second child. He never let a property dispute happen because that house is the living space of his children.
Now, when she is divorced, Ba Anh laughs and says, everyone has gotten used to life and is very comfortable and gentle. When he looks back on the incident, he says he doesn’t understand how he was able to get through it all. At home, he almost lost sleep because of anxiety, sadness, inhibition; However, when he went to the theater to work, he put his personal affairs aside to transform into comedy roles. He nodded to admit, maybe because of comedy, when he went on stage and interacted with the audience, his heart was much lighter.
Ba Anh has entered the age of U50 but is still hard at work in art, devoting herself to her roles. In his free time, the actor likes to slow down to enjoy his own pleasures.