Hoa-Binh (film) explained

Hoa-Binh
Director:	Raoul Coutard
Producer:	Gilbert de Goldschmitt
Starring:	Phi Lân Lê Quỳnh
Music:	Michel Portal
Cinematography:	Georges van der Liron
Editing:	Victoria Mercanton
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Astral Films Transvue Pictures
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	France South Vietnam
Language:	Vietnamese French English Cantonese

The Bamboo Incident or Hoa-Binh (Vietnamese: Hòa Bình, Chinese: 和平) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard^[1] and based on a novel La colonne de cendres by Françoise Lorrain.

Plot

Two small Vietnamese boy 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.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Crew

• Production companies : Madeleine Films, Parc Film, Les Productions de la Guéville, C.A.P.A.C., Thiên Nga Films
• Production manager : Jacques Garcia
• Assistant director : Pierre Roubaud, Nguyễn Văn Nhân
• Sound mixer : Michel Laurent
• Composer : Billy Ellis (Fire night), Michel Portal (Le rideau rouge)
• Script supervisor : Monique Herran

Cast

• Lê Quỳnh as Nam - Papa (secret name Trí)
• Xuân Hà as Cao Thị Thu - Mama
• Michel Laurent as Hùng - Son
• Huỳnh Cazenas as Xuân - Hùng's younger sister
• Marcel Lan Phương as Mrs. Năm - A cousin
• Bùi Thị Thanh as Trần Thị Hà - Xuân's foster mother
• Kiều Hạnh as Mrs. Ngoan - Vietnamese nurse
• Danièle Delorme as French nurse
• Phi Lân as VNACC commander
• Trần Văn Lịch as Vietcong political commissioner
• Anh Tuấn as Vietcong secret officer
• Võ Đình Phương as Bụi đời's male tycoon
• Minh Ngọc as Bụi đời's female tycoon
• Raoul Coutard as Angry French man

Reception

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[7] It was also entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, where Coutard won the prize for Best First Work.^[8]

See also

• The Faceless Lover
• From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu
• Indochine
• List of submissions to the 43rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ii2CNnSoI Raoul Coutard - Conditions in Vietnam (13/179)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sep-OmLvXgY Raoul Coutard - The inspiration for 'Hoa Binh' (158/179)
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USVRe8j0axA Raoul Coutard - Preparing the filming of 'Hoa Binh' (160/179)
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQEO_9VewY Raoul Coutard - Filming 'Hoa Binh' (161/179)
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9dCRhtRIHw Raoul Coutard - Filming the military operation in 'Hoa Binh' (162/179)
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzLqZFIFeng Raoul Coutard - The release of 'Hoa Binh' (165/179)
7. Web site: The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners . 2011-11-26 . oscars.org.
8. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Hoa-Binh . 2009-04-10. festival-cannes.com.