The Bamboo Incident or Hoa-Binh (Vietnamese: Hòa Bình, Chinese: 和平) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard 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.
Crew
Cast
Reception
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, where Coutard won the prize for Best First Work.
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
References
External links
- Hoa-Binh at IMDb
