US$ 115.00
brisk editing
compassionate evocation of how it feels when your heart and your home are in different places
Suede and Leather panelling
84 minutes
Boat People 55 brisk editingOne 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 countrys seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a