The sexually repressed widow Doan comes to play tennis in the court where sly, lewd orphan Xuan (nicknamed Red-haired Xuan for his sunburnt hair) is working as a ball boy. Their encounter that day would change Xuan’s life forever, as the widow introduced him to an entirely different world of the hypocritical and decadent petite bourgeoisie class, a condition of “Westernized” middle-class Hanoians under French colonial rule in the 1920s. An 8-part series adapted from Vu Trong Phung’s classic satire.
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Quốc Trọng
Red-haired Xuân
Thanh Trầm
Mrs. Đoan
Phạm Bằng
Great-grandfather Hồng
Lộng Chương
Great-great grandfather
Hoàng Yến
Great grandmother Hồng
Vũ Ngọc Quang
Văn Minh (Mr. Civilized)
Như Quỳnh
Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)
Bảo Ngọc
Tuyết
Quỳnh Hoa
Hoàng Hôn
Trần Tiến
T.Y.P.N (I Love Women, I.L.W)
Quế Hằng
Mrs. T.Y.P.N
Thinh Trinh
Min Đơ (Mille Deux)
Trịnh Mai
Min Toa (Mille Trois)
Trần Kỳ
Monk Tăng Phú
Nguyễn Tuấn
Phước (Mrs. Đoan's son)
