- Dust of Life (2009 film)
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Dust of Life
Bui Doi
Original movie posterDirected by Le-Van Kiet Produced by Kim Viet Ngo (producer)
William Eubank and Eric Graff (co-producers)Screenplay by Le-Van Kiet Music by Jason Solowsky Cinematography Jason Inouye Distributed by Coco Paris LLC Release date(s) September 7, 2009 Running time 90 minutes Country United States Language English
Vietnamese with English subtitles- For Rachid Bouchareb 1995 film with English title Dust of Life, see Poussières de vie
Dust of Life also known in Vietnamese as Bui Doi is a 2009 film by director Le-Van Kiet, who also wrote the screenplay.
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Synopsis
Since 1975 millions of Vietnamese boat people have fled for freedom. By 1993 more than half who survived the exodus resided in California. The film portrays the coming of age story of abandoned kids growing up in the new Vietnamese enclave of Orange County, California in the early 1990s, based on true events.
Cast
- Devon Duy Nguyen—Johnny
- Thu-Mai Tran—Mai
- England DuVan—Rascal
- Mai Khanh—Mai’s Mother
- Linh Le—Quynh
- Liem Michael Doan—Father Michael
- Dang Hung Son—Mai's father
Festivals
The film also showed at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in 2011
External links
Categories:- 2009 films
- American films
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