The Story of Woo Viet [SEP] country of origin
The Story of Woo Viet
The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong political drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Chow Yun-fat as the title character, Woo Viet. The assistant director was Stanley Kwan and the action choreographer was Ching Siu-tung.
The film was one of the first political dramas made in Hong Kong. It used the story of Vietnamese refugees (boat people) to reflect on Hong Kong's handling of the refugee issue, and also on Hong Kong's sentiment regarding their uncertain
their home countries with assistance from UNHCR totalled 525,000 between 1975 and 1997. These included 390,000 Cambodians, 127,000 Vietnamese, and 27,000 Laotians. Many more thousands returned of their own accord or remained surreptitiously in their country of refuge.
In popular culture.
The Vietnamese refugee crisis is depicted in the movies "The Story of Woo Viet", "Boat People", "Turtle Beach", "Green Dragon", "The Beautiful Country", "Journey from the Fall", and "Ride the Thunder"