Floating Livesis a October 22, 2010 Movie directed by Phan Quang Binh Nguyen and produced by Thi Bich Hanh Ngo Vietnam.

Plot

"Floating Lives" centers around a peasant family living in the Mekong Delta and a man’s search for romantic redemption. The peasant family consists of the father Mr. Vu, daughter Nuong and son Dien. The family lives nomadicaly on a boat after the father burned their house down in retaliation for his wife's infidelity.

One day, the children bring in a prostitute who was severely beaten by the townspeople ...

BUSAN, South Korea -- An elegiac, lyrical tale of a nomadic Vietnamese family whose lives are changed when they take in a prostitute, "Floating Lives" is a model of solid, old-fashioned filmmaking.

First and foremost a sensual experience of breathtaking scenery that also reflects the story's shifting moods, the film is constantly gentle flowing movement, like the Mekong River that is the soul of the story, as well as a metaphor for the characters' lives.

"Floating Lives" belongs to a recent wave of beautifully lensed, tastefully erotic Vietnamese films (like "Adrift," "Bi, Don"t Be Afraid") that are gaining visibility in festivals. Nguyen Phan Quang Binh's narrative grammar is more traditional and coherent. Frequent spots in festivals might be followed by niche distribution in Europe, especially France.

Adapted from the novel "Boundless Rice Field" by Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tu, the film takes place in Vietnam at the height of the Bird Flu but its natural backdrop and the protagonists" situations have a timeless quality. Vo (Dustin Nguyen), daughter Nuong and son Dien live on a boat, drifting from one rice field to the next, rearing ducks and offering handyman jobs. When Suong (Do Thi Hai Yen), a hooker jumps into their boat to evade an angry mob, Nuong and Dien welcome her as a surrogate mother and object of pubescent fantasy, respectively. A volatile relationship develops between Suong and Vo. Eventually, it is revealed that Vo's wife cheated on him and ran away in shame.

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