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Boat People (Chinese: 投奔怒海; pinyin: Tóubēn Nù Hǎi; Cantonese Yale: Tau ban no hoi; lit. 'Into the Raging Sea') is a Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui, first shown in theatres in 1982. The film stars George Lam, Andy Lau, Cora Miao, and Season Ma. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for Best Picture, Best ...
One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power.
- Shiomi Akutagawa
Boat People: Directed by Ann Hui. With George Lam, Season Ma, Andy Lau, Meiying Jia. A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".
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- Drama
- Ann Hui
- 1982-10-13
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Feb 22, 2022 · The fourth feature by the Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui devastatingly lays bare the conditions that spurred hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese to flee after the fall of Saigon.
Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist travels to Vietnam to document the country’s seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a teenage girl and her destitute family, however, he begins to discover what the government doesn’t want him to see.
Boat People. Directed by Ann Hui • 1982 • Hong Kong. Starring George Lam, Andy Lau Tak Wah, Cora Miao. One of the major films of the Hong Kong New Wave, Ann Hui’s BOAT PEOPLE is a work of indelible humanity and searing political resonance.
