The Beautiful Country (DVD)

Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2005 / Suitable for 12 years and over / Director: Hans Petter Moland / Actors: Nick ... more

The Beautiful Country (DVD) ... Nolte, Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Uli Jon Roth, Temuera Morrison ... / DVD released 2006-03-27 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL

Newest Review: ... "It's me," and the rest of the scene is wordless but so emotive in its restrained flood of feelings. A hellish ... more

... accident makes this re-union brief, and Binh is forced to take his half brother to the States to search for his father. The journey is plagued with difficulty and pain - in the swollen stomach of the big boats, crowded with refugees and lacking food, hygeine and safety. During part of this trek they encounter a Malaysian refugee camp where Tam and Binh are stowed away in a cramped holding space. This nightmareish, awful hell hole is where we see many deaths due to starvation and lack of water. Also, where they meet a b...more

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The Beautiful Country [DVD] [2005]
Release Date: 2006 - 03 - 27, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,

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The Beautiful Country (DVD): A Voyage of Discovery (1185 words)
by - written on 18/02/09 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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The Beautiful Country is a foreign drama brought to us by Norwegian director, Hans Peter Moland. Released in 2005 this film challenges our conception of beauty and ugliness. This very ambitious in-scope film which presents a multiple layer of patterns, detail and meaning shows us beauty and ugliness in the most unusual places. Binh's (Damien Nguyen) young life has certainly not been beautiful so far. He has no idea where his American G.I. father is or his native mother. They may even be dead. Brought up in a small rural village by his extended family he is shown very little love and is ridiculed by his neighbours. He is a cultural outcast and is taunted and ... Read the complete review

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