Boat People (1982 film)
| Boat People | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ann Hui |
| Written by | Dai An-Ping |
| Produced by | Xia Meng |
| Starring | George Lam Cora Miao Season Ma Andy Lau |
| Cinematography | Wong Chung-kei |
| Edited by | Kin Kin |
| Music by | Law Wing-fai |
Production company | Greenworld Company |
| Distributed by | Bluebird Film Company |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China |
| Languages | Cantonese Japanese Vietnamese |
| Box office | HK$15,475,087 |
Boat People (Chinese: 投奔怒海; pinyin: Tóubēn Nù Hǎi; Cantonese Yale: Tau ban no hoi; lit. 'Into the Raging Sea') is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui. The film stars George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, and Andy Lau. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Performer, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. It was also screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best Chinese-language films in the past 100 years.
Boat People was the last film in Hui's "Vietnam trilogy", after Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam (1978) and The Story of Woo Viet (1981). It recounts the plight of the Vietnamese people under communist rule following the Fall of Saigon ending the Vietnam War.