Boat People (1982 film)

Boat People
Directed byAnn Hui
Written byDai An-Ping
Produced byXia Meng
StarringGeorge Lam
Andy Lau
Cora Miao
Season Ma
CinematographyWong Chung-kei
Edited byKin Kin
Music byLaw Wing-fai
Distributed byBluebird Film Company
Release date
  • 22 October 1982 (1982-10-22)
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Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
Japanese
Vietnamese
Box officeHK$15,475,087[1]

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 Director, Best New Performer, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. It was also screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] In 2005, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best Chinese-language films in the past 100 years.[4]

Boat People was the last film in Hui's "Vietnam trilogy". It recounts the plight of the Vietnamese people under communist rule following the Fall of Saigon ending the Vietnam War.

  1. ^ a b c "Copy/Holding information for Boat People". Hong Kong Film Archive.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boat People". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Hong Kong Film Awards Association (2005). "The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2008.

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