Arkain
11-03-2007, 17:32
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Phim nói về những trang lịch sử cận đại của vô số dân Sài Gòn sau 1975 mà sách giáo khoa "vô tình" bỏ sót, cũng như cuộc đời của những người Mỹ gốc Việt thế hệ thứ nhất. Các bác cỡ từ 4 bó trở lên đã trả qua thời kỳ này thì không tính, còn các bạn 7x, 8x, 9x đã được "rèn luyện tư duy" kỹ càng trong trường học thì có lẽ còn chưa biết con đường của thành phần hiện nay được gọi là "kiều bào" hoặc "khúc ruột dặm trường" chông gai khắc khổ thế nào.
Trailer (http://www.journeyfromthefall.com/TrailerSmall.aspx)
Phim nói tiếng Việt, phụ đề Anh Ngữ.
http://www.journeyfromthefall.com
Các giải thưởng quốc tế:
* Grand Jury Prize - Amazonas International Film Festival, Brazil
* Winner, Best Feature Film - Anchorage International Film Festival
* Winner, Best Cinematography - Milano International Film Festival
* Winner, Long Nguyen, Best Actor - Newport Beach Film Festival
* Special Jury Prize - Newport Beach Film Festival
* Audience Award - San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
* Grand Jury Prize - San Diego Intenational Film Festival
* Jury Award - Asian Film Festival of Dallas
* Winner, Ham Tran, Best Director - Asian Festival of First Film
* Winner, Lam Nguyen, Best Producer – Asian Festival of First Film
* Audience Award - Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
* Special Project Award - The Princess Grace Foundation, USA
Synopsis: Journey from the Fall
The true story of the Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon -- and those who were forced to stay behind -- sets the stage for this powerful drama from independent filmmaker Ham Tran. On April 30, 1975, American troops finally left Vietnam as they withdrew from the war they decided could not be won. As Saigon fell and the Communist North Vietnamese forces took full control of the nation, many people who fought the Communists alongside the South Vietnamese and the Americans found themselves in great danger. One such man was Long (Long Nguyen), who faced imprisonment in a "re-education camp" for his crimes against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Before he was sent away, Long urged his wife, Mai (Diem Lien), to take their family to America by any means possible, and with Long incarcerated with no hope of escape, Mai, her mother and her young son, Lai (Preston Tri Nguyen), escape Saigon aboard a tiny fishing boat to make the dangerous journey to the United States. Six years later, Mai and her family have settled in Northern California, where they've begun a new life -- one that an older Lai (now played by Nguyen Thai Nguyen) finds profoundly difficult to accept. Journey From the Fall (aka Vuot Song) was written and directed by Ham Tran, who was born in Saigon and emigrated to America with his family in 1982; this was his first feature after a handful of award-wining shorts.
Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Phim nói về những trang lịch sử cận đại của vô số dân Sài Gòn sau 1975 mà sách giáo khoa "vô tình" bỏ sót, cũng như cuộc đời của những người Mỹ gốc Việt thế hệ thứ nhất. Các bác cỡ từ 4 bó trở lên đã trả qua thời kỳ này thì không tính, còn các bạn 7x, 8x, 9x đã được "rèn luyện tư duy" kỹ càng trong trường học thì có lẽ còn chưa biết con đường của thành phần hiện nay được gọi là "kiều bào" hoặc "khúc ruột dặm trường" chông gai khắc khổ thế nào.
Trailer (http://www.journeyfromthefall.com/TrailerSmall.aspx)
Phim nói tiếng Việt, phụ đề Anh Ngữ.
http://www.journeyfromthefall.com
Các giải thưởng quốc tế:
* Grand Jury Prize - Amazonas International Film Festival, Brazil
* Winner, Best Feature Film - Anchorage International Film Festival
* Winner, Best Cinematography - Milano International Film Festival
* Winner, Long Nguyen, Best Actor - Newport Beach Film Festival
* Special Jury Prize - Newport Beach Film Festival
* Audience Award - San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
* Grand Jury Prize - San Diego Intenational Film Festival
* Jury Award - Asian Film Festival of Dallas
* Winner, Ham Tran, Best Director - Asian Festival of First Film
* Winner, Lam Nguyen, Best Producer – Asian Festival of First Film
* Audience Award - Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
* Special Project Award - The Princess Grace Foundation, USA
Synopsis: Journey from the Fall
The true story of the Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon -- and those who were forced to stay behind -- sets the stage for this powerful drama from independent filmmaker Ham Tran. On April 30, 1975, American troops finally left Vietnam as they withdrew from the war they decided could not be won. As Saigon fell and the Communist North Vietnamese forces took full control of the nation, many people who fought the Communists alongside the South Vietnamese and the Americans found themselves in great danger. One such man was Long (Long Nguyen), who faced imprisonment in a "re-education camp" for his crimes against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Before he was sent away, Long urged his wife, Mai (Diem Lien), to take their family to America by any means possible, and with Long incarcerated with no hope of escape, Mai, her mother and her young son, Lai (Preston Tri Nguyen), escape Saigon aboard a tiny fishing boat to make the dangerous journey to the United States. Six years later, Mai and her family have settled in Northern California, where they've begun a new life -- one that an older Lai (now played by Nguyen Thai Nguyen) finds profoundly difficult to accept. Journey From the Fall (aka Vuot Song) was written and directed by Ham Tran, who was born in Saigon and emigrated to America with his family in 1982; this was his first feature after a handful of award-wining shorts.
Mark Deming, All Movie Guide