The Floating Lives

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).[1]

The Floating Lives
Film poster
VietnameseCánh đồng bất tận
Directed byQuang Binh Nguyen Phan
Produced byVietnam Media Corp & Vietnam Studio
BHD
Written byNgu Nguy
Based onCánh đồng bất tận
by Nguyen Ngoc Tu
StarringDustin Nguyen
Do Thi Hai Yen
Tang Thanh Ha
Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc
Music byNguyen Quoc Trung
CinematographyNguyen Tranh
Edited byFolmer Wiesinger
Distributed byVietnam Media
Release date
  • October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)
CountryVietnam
LanguageVietnamese

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.

  • 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 Duong Lan Ngoc--- Nuong (Ut Vo's daughter)
    • Vo Thanh Hoa---Dien (Ut Vo's son)
    • Tang Thanh Ha--- Ut Vo's wife.

References

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

The Floating Lives at IMDb


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