The Floating Lives Explained

The Floating Lives
Native Name:
Director:Quang Binh Nguyen Phan
Producer:Vietnam Media Corp & Vietnam Studio
BHD
Starring:Dustin Nguyen
Do Thi Hai Yen
Tang Thanh Ha
Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc
Music:Nguyen Quoc Trung
Cinematography:Nguyen Tranh
Editing:Folmer Wiesinger
Distributor:Vietnam Media
Country:Vietnam
Language:Vietnamese

The Floating Lives (Vietnamese: '''Cánh đồng bất tận''',) is a 2010 Vietnamese film based on a short story of the same name by Nguyen Ngoc Tu. It generated revenues of 17 billion VND in 2010 (around US$0.8 million).[1]

Origin

"The Endless Field" was written in 2006 by Nguyen Ngoc Tu and became a controversial short story at once. BHD (Hãng phim Việt) bought its copyright at a reasonable price. "The Endless Field" was made into the Vietnamese feature film Floating Lives in 2010.

The English translation appears in a collection of NNT short stories titled Floating Lives. The translator is Luu ThanhThuy and the publisher is ASEAN (2013).

Movie making group

The Floating Lives is an co-operational movie of BHD, Vietnam Studio and Mega Media.

Nguyen Tranh

Notes and References

  1. News: Nguyễn Ngọc Tư: Một nhà văn viết về thân phận con người . Thanh Nien . 29 October 2012 . 25 November 2012 .