From Vietnam (1978)

Original title

獅子山下：來客

Directed by

Ann Hui

Genre

drama film

Country

British Hong Kong

Runtime

49 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnamese teenager arrives in Hong Kong as a stowaway and looks up his cousin for help finding work. He becomes an apprentice to a Vietnamese painter, but later uncovers his cousin's shameful secret, and the painter faces deportation as an illegal resident.

poignantmelancholicgroundedslow-burntenseintimateunderstatedsocially awareuneasy

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