BOAT PEOPLE - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country's seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a teenage girl (Season Ma) and her destitute family, however, he begins to discover what the government doesn't want him to see: the brutal, often shocking reality of life in a country where political repression and poverty have forced many to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Transcending polemic, renowned director Ann Hui takes a deeply humanistic approach to a harrowing and urgent subjecty with searing contemporary resonance.
• Cast: George Lam, Season Ma, Andy Lau, Meiying Jia, Junyi Guo, Shujing Lin, Cora Miao, Jianzhou Cai, Tung-Sheng Chang, Gamhung Cheung, Hengbao Guo, Jialing Hao, Tao Lin, Pingmei Meng, Mengshi Qi, Huangwen Wang, Shouquan Wang, Shujun Wu, Ann Hui, Cheung Gam Hung, Kang Chien Chiu
• Director: Ann Hui
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: Bluebird Movie Enterprises Ltd., Edco Films Limited, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie