The Floating Lives (2010)

Original title

Cánh Đồng Bất Tận

Directed by

Nguyen Phan Quang Binh

Genre

drama

Country

Vietnam

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family lives on a boat traveling through the endless fields of the Mekong Delta. The story follows their daily struggles and the changing relationships between a father and his two daughters.

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What happens

The Floating Lives (Vietnamese: Cánh đồng bất tận, lit. 'Endless fields') is a 2010 Vietnamese film based on a short story of the same name by Nguyen Ngoc Tu. It generated revenues of 17 billion VND in 2010 (around US$0.8 million). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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