The Story of Woo Viet (1981)
- Original title
- 胡越的故事
- Directed by
- Ann Hui
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Woo Viet is a Vietnamese refugee in Hong Kong during the early 1980s. The film follows his struggles with displacement and survival in a precarious political climate.
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What happens
The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong political drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Chow Yun-fat as the title character, Woo Viet. The assistant director was Stanley Kwan and the action choreographer was Ching Siu-tung. The film was one of the first political dramas made in Hong Kong. It used the story of Vietnamese refugees (boat people) to reflect on Hong Kong's handling of the refugee issue, and also on Hong Kong's sentiment regarding their uncertain future of sovereignty at the time. It is also the second part of Ann Hui's Vietnamese trilogy. The movie features a famous Cantonese song, "This is Love", sung by Teddy Robin, the producer of this movie. In the United States, the film is marketed under the title God of Killers, capitalizing on Chow's popularity in heroic bloodshed films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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