Boat People (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

The third film in acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui's "Vietnam Trilogy", Boat People won Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, and New Performer at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards. A follow-up to 1981's The Story of Woo Viet, the humanist melodrama is set in 1978 Vietnam, three years after the fall of Saigon. Shot in almost documentary-style, the film depicts life in a postwar Vietnam devastated by poverty and brutality, and the dangerous lengths people will go through to escape the country. Released in 1982, Boat People's sensitive subject and uncompromising portrayal invited controversy and debate given the political world climate at the time, and the film's distinction of being the first Hong Kong film to be shot in Mainland China with government approval.

Ann Hui constructed Boat People's story after conducting hundreds of interviews with Vietnamese refugees, "boat people" who fled to Hong Kong in great numbers from the 1970s to 90s. The film sees postwar Vietnam through the eyes of an outsider, a Japanese journalist played by George Lam (A Queer Story), who returns to the country three years after the war's end. He is gradually overwhelmed by the tragedy, poverty, tyranny, and corruption that weigh down on the daily lives of the locals he encounters, embodied by award-winning newcomer Season Ma (Silent Love), Cora Miao (Women), and Andy Lau in his feature film debut. Unable to look the other way any longer, Akutagawa decides to help a local girl and her family leave Vietnam.

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Product Title:	Boat People (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 投奔怒海 (VCD) (香港版) 投奔怒海 (VCD) (香港版) 望郷 ボートピープル （投奔怒海） （香港版） Boat People (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Andy Lau (Actor) | George Lam (Actor) | Cora Miao (Actor) | QI MENG SHI | Season Ma Si Chen | Hao Jia Ling 劉 德華 (Actor) | 林子祥 (Actor) | 繆騫人 (Actor) | 奇夢石 | 馬斯晨 | 郝嘉陵 刘 德华 (Actor) | 林子祥 (Actor) | 缪骞人 (Actor) | QI MENG SHI | Ma Si Chen | 郝嘉陵 劉徳華 （アンディ・ラウ） (Actor) | 林子祥（ジョージ・ラム） (Actor) | 繆騫人（コラ・ミャオ） (Actor) | 奇夢石 （チー・ムンシー） | 馬斯晨 （シーズン・マー） | Hao Jia Ling 유덕화 (Actor) | George Lam (Actor) | Cora Miao (Actor) | QI MENG SHI | Ma Si Chen | Hao Jia Ling
Director:	Ann Hui 許鞍華 许鞍华 許鞍華（アン・ホイ） Ann Hui
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Release Date:	2008-02-27
Language:	Cantonese
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	II
Publisher:	Edko Films Ltd. (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	4148

導演︰許鞍華
Director: Ann Hui

《女人四十》《男人四十》《客途秋恨》許鞍華
香港電影金像導演 矚目經典著作
香港電影金像獎 金紫荊影帝
劉德華 入行第一次擔正

囊括第2屆香港電影金像獎5項大獎︰
- 最佳電影
- 最佳導演
- 最佳劇本
- 最佳美術指導
- 最有前途新人

1975年越共解放越南，日本記者芥川在峴香現場採訪當時實況。三年後芥川重遊舊地，認識了琴娘一家，並拍攝了不少珍貴照片。當地唯一被留下來的酒吧，由一位過氣媽媽生主理，祖明既是她的情人，也是常客，正設法逃離越南，為了籌錢他襲擊芥川，想搶去他的相機而被捕。後來芥川與祖明成了朋友，他獲得特許送祖明到新經濟區挖地雷，然而在那裡，每天都有人遇上爆炸而無辜死去。芥川決定盡一切努力安排琴娘及二弟逃離越南，祖明也決意登上難民船，投奔怒海…

Danang, city of south Vietnam, was being liberated in 1975. As the release of a new photo album. Akutagawa (LAM), a Japanese photojorunalist, revisits Danang for shooting more pictures three years later. At that time, he meets Can Nuong (Season Ma), a girl of 14 in the streets. He follows her home and makes friends with her and her families. Akutagawa always has drinks in a bar which is run by a Mamasan (Cora Miao). Mamasan is in love with Minh (Andy Lau), who is desperate to raise money in order to leave Vienam. Minh attempts to rob Akutagawa for his camera and he is being arrested. However, they become friends afterwards.

In the end, Akutagawa determines to help Can Nuong and her younger brother to leave Vienam, Minh also decided to get on the boat with them. Enterign the sea to a different place, what will be the fates of Can Nuong and Minh?

This film has won 1 award(s).

• Hong Kong Film Awards - Best 100 Chinese Films 2005
  • Best 100 Chinese Films Winner

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