880-01 Tou ben nu hai / Qing niao dian ying zhi pian you xian gong si chu pin ; jian zhi, Xia Meng ; gu shi, Tian Ge ; bian ju, Dai Anping ; dao yan, Xu Anhua.
880-02 Lin Zixiang, Ma Sichen, Liu Dehua, Miao Qianren, Hao Jia-Ling, Qi Meng-Shi, Jia Mei-Ying, Lin Shu-Jin, Guo Jun-yY, Wu Shu-Jun, Cheung Tung-Sing. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Ann Hui; New English subtitle translation; 2021 conversation between Hui and filmmaker Stanley Kwan, who was the movie's assistant director; Press conference from the 1983 Cannes International Film Festival; Keep rolling, a 2020 documentary about Hui by Mam Lim-chung, Hui's longtime production designer and art director; As time goes by, a 1997 documentary and self-portrait by Hui, produced by Peggy Chiao; in booklet: essays by film critic Justin Chang and scholar Vinh Nguyen. Trailer incorrectly listed as available. Accompanied by booklet (23 pages) containing essays by film critic Justin Chang and scholar Vinh Nguyen.
Summary:
"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 subject with searing contemporary resonance"--Container
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