{"product_id":"boat-people","title":"Boat People (1982) - Blu-ray","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"left is-sticky-clone-shim\" data-sticky-column-left=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"left is-sticky-active\" data-sticky-column-left=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__details_contain_a\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" data-product-id=\"2948\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-name=\"Boat People\" data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/e71840d73f9fb96a658df86b0a8bead6\/ZgGiOOksWOICnlrW6vvvKGbjfOLnul_large.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoat People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photo­journalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country’s seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a teenage girl (Season Ma) and her destitute family, however, he begins to discover what the government doesn’t want him to see: the brutal, often shocking reality of life in a country where political repression and poverty have forced many to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Transcending polemic, renowned director Ann Hui takes a deeply humanistic approach to a harrowing and urgent subject with searing contemporary resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product-features collapse\" data-sticky-left-end=\"\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-contain\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Ann Hui, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew conversation between Hui and filmmaker Stanley Kwan, who was the movie’s assistant director\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKeep Rolling,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea 2020 documentary about Hui made by Man Lim-chung, Hui’s longtime production designer and art director\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAs Time Goes By,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1997 documentary and self-portrait by Hui, produced by Peggy Chiao\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePress conference from the 1983 Cannes International Film Festival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: Essays by film critic Justin Chang and scholar Vinh Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46217961537710,"sku":"CC3331BDUK","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/boat_people_Lime_Light_front_BD.png?v=1752590751","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/boat-people","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}