Boat People

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Boat People (Chinese: 投奔怒海; lit. 'Into the Raging Sea') is a 1982 Hong Kong war drama film directed by Ann Hui from a screenplay by Xia Meng, and starring George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, and Andy Lau. It is the third and final film in Hui's "Vietnam trilogy", after Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam (1978) and The Story of Woo Viet (1981). It recounts the plight of the Vietnamese people under communist rule following the Fall of Saigon ending the Vietnam War. This was the first Hong Kong production to be filmed in mainland China. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Performer, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. It was also screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best Chinese-language films in the past 100 years.