a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title tur

a Classification number DVD 003816

a Personal name Hans Petter Moland

a Title The Beautiful Country

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Norway

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2004

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Sony Pictures

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 128 min.

a General note Consequences of America's involvement in the Vietnam war.

a Creation/production credits note Sabina Murray

a Summary, etc One of the consequences of America's involvement in the Vietnam war, was the children of GI's by their Vietnamese wives and lovers. For years those women who were involved with Americans were social outcasts, treated as collaborators while their children, even when living with grandparents, endured taunts and abuse. This is the story of one such love child, Binh (Damien Nguyen), being forced from his village at 17, going to Saigon to find his mother, then trying to escape to America with his much younger half brother, Tam (Dang Quoc Thinh Tran), in 1990. The film lingers on the rigors of the voyage: the sampan, the Malaysian detention camps, the illegal refugee ship, and the underground economy with near slavery in New York City. It finally opens up when Binh leaves New York for Houston to find his father.

a Language note Languages : English, Turkish

a Language note Subtitle : Turkish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Personal name Damien, Nguyen.

a Personal name LingBai

a Personal name NickNolte

a Personal name ThiHoaMai

a Uncontrolled related/analytical title Güzel Ülke

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/TheBeautifulCountry.jpg