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Hoa-Binh (film)

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.

Hoa-Binh
Film poster.
Directed byRaoul Coutard
Written byRaoul Coutard (adaption)
Françoise Lorrain (novel)
Produced byGilbert de Goldschmitt
StarringPhi Lân
Lê Quỳnh
CinematographyGeorges van der Liron
Edited byVictoria Mercanton
Music byMichel Portal
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Astral Films
Transvue Pictures
Release date
  • 11 March 1970 (1970-03-11)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesFrance
South Vietnam
LanguagesVietnamese
French
English
Cantonese

Plot

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Two small Vietnamese boys grow up during the horrors and hardships of the Vietnam War era. Their father with the Vietcong and their mother in the hospital, two Vietnamese children try to survive on the streets of Saigon.

Production

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Filming took place about 1969 in Saigon and Bien Hoa.[2][3][4][5][6]

Crew

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  • 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

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Reception

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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]

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