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'The Bamboo Incident' or 'Hoa-Binh' (, ) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ii2CNnSoI Raoul Coutard - Conditions in Vietnam (13/179)] and based on a novel 'La colonne de cendres' by Franoise Lorrain.

Plot



About the small Vietnamese kids growed 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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sep-OmLvXgY Raoul Coutard - The inspiration for 'Hoa Binh' (158/179)][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USVRe8j0axA Raoul Coutard - Preparing the filming of 'Hoa Binh' (160/179)][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQEO_9VewY Raoul Coutard - Filming 'Hoa Binh' (161/179)][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9dCRhtRIHw Raoul Coutard - Filming the military operation in 'Hoa Binh' (162/179)][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzLqZFIFeng Raoul Coutard - The release of 'Hoa Binh' (165/179)]

Crew



* Production companies : Madeleine Films, Parc Film, Les Productions de la Guville, C.A.P.A.C., Thin Nga Films

* Production manager : Jacques Garcia

* Assistant director : Pierre Roubaud, Nguyn Vn Nhn

* Sound mixer : Michel Laurent

* Composer : Billy Ellis ('Fire night'), Michel Portal ('Le rideau rouge')

* Script supervisor : Monique Herran

Cast



* L Qunh as Nam - Papa (secret name Tr)

* Xun H as Cao Th Thu - Mama

* Michel Laurent as Hng - Son

* Hunh Cazenas as Xun - Hng's younger sister

* Marcel Lan Phng as Mrs. Nm - A cousin

* Bi Th Thanh as Trn Th H - Xun's foster mother

* Kiu Hnh as Mrs. Ngoan - Vietnamese nurse

* Danile Delorme as French nurse

* Phi Ln as VNACC commander

* Trn Vn Lch as Vietcong political commissioner

* Anh Tun as Vietcong secret officer

* V nh Phng as Bi i's male tycoon

* Minh Ngc as Bi i's female tycoon

* Raoul Coutard as Angry French man

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.

* 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

See also



* The Faceless Lover

* From Saigon to Dienbien Fu

* Indochine

References



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Category:1970 films

Category:1970s French-language films

Category:Warner Bros. films

Category:French drama films

Category:Vietnamese drama films

Category:Vietnam War films

Category:Films directed by Raoul Coutard

Category:Films based on books

Category:1970s French films


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