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The Price of Greatness

The Price of Greatness

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The Price of Greatness

"A thin line between a visionary and a monster."

2026

0h 15m

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Crime

Drama

Overview

Trapped between a radical philosophy and a rotting conscience, a destitute sociology student commits a ‘necessary’ murder to mirror history’s greatest revolutionaries, only to find his intellectual awakening transformed into a slow descent into madness under the gaze of a relentless detective.

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Nguyễn Diệp Chi

Hoàng Khải Thiên

Nguyễn Sỹ Hoàng

Đinh Nhật Thắng

Lê Nhật Nam

Vô Danh I

Huynh Nguyen Nguyen Khoi

Vô Danh II

Hoàng Gia Bảo

Nguyễn Hoàng Lâm

Creative team

Directed by: Huynh Nguyen Nguyen Khoi
Written by: Huynh Nguyen Nguyen Khoi
Produced by: Huynh Nguyen Nguyen Khoi

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