Hoa-Binh (film)
| Hoa-Binh | |
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 Film poster. | |
| Directed by | Raoul Coutard |
| Written by | Raoul Coutard (adaption) Françoise Lorrain (novel) |
| Produced by | Gilbert de Goldschmitt |
| Starring | Phi Lân Lê Quỳnh |
| Cinematography | Georges van der Liron |
| Edited by | Victoria Mercanton |
| Music by | Michel Portal |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Astral Films Transvue Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | France South Vietnam |
| Languages | Vietnamese French English Cantonese |
The Bamboo Incident or Hoa-Binh (Vietnamese: Hòa Bình, Chinese: 和平) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard[1] and based on a novel La colonne de cendres by Françoise Lorrain.
Plot
Two small Vietnamese boy grow up during the horrors and hardships of the Vietnam War era. Their father with the
Saigon
.
Production
Filming took place about 1969 in
Crew
- Production companies : Madeleine Films, Parc Film, Les Productions de la Guéville, C.A.P.A.C., Thiên Nga Films
- Production manager : Jacques Garcia
- Assistant director : Pierre Roubaud, Nguyễn Văn Nhân
- Sound mixer : Michel Laurent
- Composer : Billy Ellis (Fire night), Michel Portal (Le rideau rouge)
- Script supervisor : Monique Herran
Cast
- Lê Quỳnh as Nam - Papa (secret name Trí)
- Xuân Hà as Cao Thị Thu - Mama
- Michel Laurent as Hùng - Son
- Huỳnh Cazenas as Xuân - Hùng's younger sister
- Marcel Lan Phương as Mrs. Năm - A cousin
- Bùi Thị Thanh as Trần Thị Hà - Xuân's foster mother
- Kiều Hạnh as Mrs. Ngoan - Vietnamese nurse
- Danièle Delorme as French nurse
- Phi Lân as VNACC commander
- Vietcongpolitical commissioner
- Vietcongsecret officer
- Võ Đình Phương as Bụi đời's male tycoon
- Minh Ngọc as Bụi đời's female tycoon
- Raoul Coutard as Angry French man
Reception
The film was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[7] It was also entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, where Coutard won the prize for Best First Work.[8]
See also
- The Faceless Lover
- From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu
- Indochine
- List of submissions to the 43rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Raoul Coutard - Conditions in Vietnam (13/179)
- ^ Raoul Coutard - The inspiration for 'Hoa Binh' (158/179)
- ^ Raoul Coutard - Preparing the filming of 'Hoa Binh' (160/179)
- ^ Raoul Coutard - Filming 'Hoa Binh' (161/179)
- ^ Raoul Coutard - Filming the military operation in 'Hoa Binh' (162/179)
- ^ Raoul Coutard - The release of 'Hoa Binh' (165/179)
- ^ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hoa-Binh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
External links
- Hoa-Binh at IMDb
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