Hoa-Binh (film)

The Bamboo Incident or Hoa-Binh (, ) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard and based on a novel La colonne de cendres by FranÃÂ§oise Lorrain.

Plot

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

Filming took place about 1969 in Saigon and Bien Hoa.

Crew

Production companies : Madeleine Films, Parc Film, Les Productions de la GuÃÂ©ville, C.A.P.A.C., ThiÃÂªn Nga Films
Production manager : Jacques Garcia
Assistant director : Pierre Roubaud, NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn NhÃÂ¢n
Sound mixer : Michel Laurent
Composer : Billy Ellis (Fire night), Michel Portal (Le rideau rouge)
Script supervisor : Monique Herran

Cast

LÃÂª QuÃ¡Â»Â³nh as Nam - Papa (secret name TrÃÂ)
XuÃÂ¢n HÃÂ as Cao ThÃ¡Â»Â Thu - Mama
Phi LÃÂ¢n as HÃÂ¹ng - Son
HuÃ¡Â»Â³nh Cazenas as XuÃÂ¢n - HÃÂ¹ng's younger sister
Marcel Lan PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng as Mrs. NÃÂm - A cousin
BÃÂ¹i ThÃ¡Â»Â Thanh as TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n ThÃ¡Â»Â HÃÂ - XuÃÂ¢n's foster mother
as Mrs. Ngoan - Vietnamese nurse
DaniÃÂ¨le Delorme as French nurse
Phi LÃÂ¢n as VNACC commander
TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn LÃ¡Â»Âch as Vietcong political commissioner
Anh TuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n as Vietcong secret officer
VÃÂµ ÃÂÃÂ¬nh PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng as BÃ¡Â»Â¥i ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âi's male tycoon
Minh NgÃ¡Â»Âc as BÃ¡Â»Â¥i ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âi's female tycoon
Raoul Coutard as Angry French man

Reception

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, where Coutard won the prize for Best First Work.

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