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Dust of Life (2009 film)

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Directed by
  
Le-Van Kiet

Music by
  
Jason Solowsky

Distributed by
  
Coco Paris LLC

Director
  
Le-Van Kiet

Music director
  
Jason Solowsky

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Written by
  
Le-Van Kiet

Cinematography
  
Jason Inouye

Initial release
  
30 March 2006 (USA)

Screenplay
  
Le-Van Kiet

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Produced by
  
Kim Viet Ngo (producer) William Eubank and Eric Graff (co-producers)

Cast
  
Dang Hung Son, Liem Michael Doan, Steve Eoff, Diana Le

Producers
  
Joseph San Martin, Maria Kao

Similar
  
House in the Alley, Love, Caught in the Crossfire, Wreckage, Crave

Dust of Life also known in Vietnamese as Bui Doi is a 2009 film by director Le-Van Kiet, who also wrote the screenplay.

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Plot

Since 1975 millions of Vietnamese boat people have fled for freedom. By 1993 more than half who survived the exodus resided in California. The film portrays the coming of age story of abandoned kids growing up in the new Vietnamese enclave of Orange County, California in the early 1990s, based on true events.

Cast

  • Devon Duy Nguyen—Johnny
  • Thu-Mai Tran—Mai
  • England DuVan—Rascal
  • Mai Khanh—Mai’s Mother
  • Linh Le—Quynh
  • Liem Michael Doan—Father Michael
  • Dang Hung Son—Mai's father
  • Festivals

    The film also showed at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in 2011

    Ironics

    The director claimed that he wanted to share the Vietnamese people's struggle with everyone, but has hidden the movie with at most passion.

    References

    Dust of Life (2009 film) Wikipedia