The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
| The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone | |
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| Directed by | Nguyễn Hồng Sến |
| Written by | Nguyễn Quang Sáng |
| Starring | Lâm Tới Thúy An |
| Cinematography | Đường Tuấn Ba |
| Edited by | Nguyễn Kim Phượng Lâm Trấn |
| Music by | Trịnh Công Sơn |
Production company | Giai Phong Film Studio |
| Distributed by | Giai Phong Film Studio Phuong Nam Film |
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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.
The film gives an "unnerving and compelling .. subjective-camera-eye-view" of life under helicopter fire in a free-fire zone 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.