Below the Lion Rock The Boy from Vietnam

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Below the Lion Rock The Boy from Vietnam
NR 49 minDramaVietnam Trilogy PosterPart of Vietnam Trilogy
Following Ah Mans arrival in Hong Kong as a stowaway the Vietnamese teenager seeks out his cousin for help to earn a living Thereafter he becomes an apprentice with a compatriot Vietnamese painter One day Ah Man accidentally discovers his cousins disgraceful secret while the painter faces deportation for his own illegal residency status The Boy from Vietnam marked the debut of Ann Huis Vietnam Trilogy
DirectorAnn Hui
WritersKei ShuWong Chi

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Vietnam Trilogy

Long before Hong Kong declared itself the ‘first port of asylum’ for Vietnamese refugees in 1979, tens of thousands of Vietnamese had already been flocking to the city by cargo ships in the four years prior. Ann Hui made her first creative endeavour to chronicle this chapter of Hong Kong’s history with acute insights in the TV drama Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam. Subsequently, as Vietnamese migrants became an increasingly contentious issue in Hong Kong, Hui directed two more films on the same topic, The Story of Woo Viet and Boat People. Collectively, these three works became known as the Vietnam Trilogy, marking the stellar rise of Hui’s filming career.