The Floating Lives
2010 Vietnamese film
The Floating Lives (Vietnamese: Cánh đồng bất tận, lit. 'Endless fields') 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).
01Origin
"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).
02Movie making group
The Floating Lives is an co-operational movie of BHD, Vietnam Studio and Mega Media.
- Director: Nguyen Phan Quang Binh
- Producer: Jonathan Foo, Ngo Thi Bich Hanh, Ngo Thi Bich Hien.
- Script writer: Nguyen Ho
- Director of photography: Nguyen Tranh
- Editor: Nguy Ngu
- Cast:
- Dustin Nguyen--- Ut Vo (in the original novel is Ut Vu)
- Do Thi Hai Yen--- Suong.
- Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc--- Nuong (Ut Vo's daughter)
- Vo Thanh Hoa---Dien (Ut Vo's son)
- Tang Thanh Ha--- Ut Vo's wife.
Sources and credits
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- The Floating Lives poster.jpg by Unknown author, Fair use
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