The Beautiful Country (2004)
137 min - Drama
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Writers: Sabina Murray (story), Lingard Jervey (story), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Tim Roth, Nick Nolte, Temuera Morrison and Dang Quoc Thinh Tran
SYNOPSIS
Em uma incrível odisséia que vai de Saigon ao Texas, Binh enfrenta obstáculos inimagináveis ao se deparar com situações de perigo, romance e, finalmente, a pista para desvendar os mistérios de seu passado.
Primeiro, o ele procura a mãe, que vive em Saigon, como empregada de uma residência, e lá conhece Tam (Dang), seu irmão mais novo, com quem foge depois de uma tragédia. Os dois vão para a América em busca do pai de Binh, mas a única memória que o jovem tem do pai é uma fotografia de infância.
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“Bui Doi” (less than dust) is the so called minority of Vietnamese children with American fathers. Binh is a “bui doi”, living a sad and lonely existence in the countryside with his family. He’s a shy and quiet young man, carrying a complex about his appearance. The only memory about his father is a photograph from his childhood. One day, Binh decides to leave the countryside and look for his mother, who works in Saigon as a maid in a residence. There, Binh will testify his mother’s hard existence and discovers that he has a little half brother. A fatal accident will be the beginning of a life full of complications for Binh. He will have to run away with his little brother in a long trip overseas, ending up in a prison for illegal immigrants in Singapur, where he meets a beautiful Chinese girl, Ling, who has to prostitute herself in order to gain some special favors from the guardians. Later, Binh will find himself again overseas, heading to North America, in a boat captained by a kind smuggler (Tim Roth), dedicated to the traffic of illegal immigrants. However, in America, Binh and Ling will have to face a rough reality, illegal immigrant’s reality at China Town, in San Francisco, before he finally arrives Houston, Texas, where he believes is living his father.
