The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
| The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nguyễn Hồng Sến |
| Written by | Quang Sang Nguyen |
| Starring | Toi Lam |
| Music by | Trịnh Công Sơn |
| Cinematography | Tuan Ba Duong |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Language | Vietnamese |
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (Vietnamese: Cánh đồng hoang) is a 1979 Vietnamese drama film directed by Nguyễn Hồng Sến . It won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]
The film gives an "unnerving and compelling .. subjective-camera-eye-view" of life under helicopter fire in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. The film cuts to an (American) "helicopter-eye view", contrasting painfully with the human tenderness seen earlier.[2][3]
Cast
- Toi Lam as Ba Do
- Thuy An Nguyen as Sau Xoa
- De Xuan
- Chi Hong
References
- ↑ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
- ↑ "The Abandoned Field-Free Fire Zone (Canh dong hoang)". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Dissanayake, Wimal (1 January 1994). Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-253-20895-5.