| The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone | |
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| Directed by | Nguyễn Hồng Sến |
| Written by | Quang Sang Nguyen |
| Starring | Lâm Tới Thúy An |
| Cinematography | Đường Tuấn Ba |
| Edited by | Nguyễn Kim Phượng Lâm Trấn |
| Music by | Trịnh Công Sơn |
Production company | Giai Phong Film Studio |
| Distributed by | Giai Phong Film Studio Phuong Nam Film |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Language | Vietnamese |
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (Vietnamese: Cánh đồng hoang) is a 1979 Vietnamese drama film directed by Nguyễn Hồng Sến. It won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]
The film gives an "unnerving and compelling .. subjective-camera-eye-view" of life under helicopter fire in a free-fire zone in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. The film cuts to an (American) "helicopter-eye view", contrasting painfully with the human tenderness seen earlier.[2][3]
- ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ "The Abandoned Field-Free Fire Zone (Canh dong hoang)". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Dissanayake, Wimal (1 January 1994). Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-253-20895-5.