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Doi cat (sand life) [electronic resource] / directed by Nguyen Thanh Van

Additional Titles
Doi cat and Sandy lives
Published
Honolulu, HI : Asia Pacific Films, 1999.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (88 min.).
Additional Creators
Nguyễn, Thanh Vân , 1962-
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Language Note
This edition in Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Summary
For twenty years, Camh has lived in North Vietnam, unable to return to his home in the south, a small fishing village where his wife waits for him. She has been a guerrilla fighter for the triumphant communist forces, and has made a living selling food in the market. She is happy to reunite with her husband until she learns that he has married a young woman in the north and has a child by her. The love triangle becomes more complicated: Huy, a man who has lost a leg is in love with Troa, who does not return his affection, and there is Hoa, a young woman who has lost both legs and who is in love with him. All of the characters' emotional injuries are as deep as those of Huy and Hoa, but they behave with great kindness towards one another. The movie was made for $36,000, but the lack of special effects allows us to concentrate on the difficulties of reunification and of finding both political and psychic peace. Winner of national prizes - Golden Lotus for Best Picture, Best Director, Best actress, Asia Pacific Film Festival for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Film, and Special Prize, Amiens Int'l Film Festival.
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Duration
["01:27:40"]
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Data/Place of Event
Recorded in Vietnam.
Other Forms
Previously released as DVD.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Awards
Won 2000 Amiens International Film Festival, OCIC Award
Won 2000 Amiens International Film Festival, Special Mention
Won 2000 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Best Actress
Won 2000 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Best Film
Won 2000 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Best Supporting Actress
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