The Floating Lives

The Floating Lives (Vietnamese: Cánh đồng bất tận, lit. 'Endless fields') is a 2010 Vietnamese film based on a short story of the same name by Nguyen Ngoc Tu. It generated revenues of 17 billion VND in 2010 (around US$0.8 million).^[1]

The Floating Lives
Film poster
Vietnamese	Cánh đồng bất tận
Directed by	Quang Binh Nguyen Phan
Written by	Ngu Nguy
Based on	Cánh đồng bất tận by Nguyen Ngoc Tu
Produced by	Vietnam Media Corp & Vietnam Studio BHD
Starring	Dustin Nguyen Do Thi Hai Yen Tang Thanh Ha Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc
Cinematography	Nguyen Tranh
Edited by	Folmer Wiesinger
Music by	Nguyen Quoc Trung
Distributed by	Vietnam Media
Release date	October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)
Country	Vietnam
Language	Vietnamese

Origin

"The Endless Field" was written in 2006 by Nguyen Ngoc Tu and became a controversial short story at once. BHD (Hãng phim Việt) bought its copyright at a reasonable price. "The Endless Field" was made into the Vietnamese feature film Floating Lives in 2010.

The English translation appears in a collection of NNT short stories titled Floating Lives. The translator is Luu ThanhThuy and the publisher is ASEAN (2013).

Movie making group

The Floating Lives is an co-operational movie of BHD, Vietnam Studio and Mega Media.

• Director: Nguyen Phan Quang Binh
• Producer: Jonathan Foo, Ngo Thi Bich Hanh, Ngo Thi Bich Hien.
• Script writer: Nguyen Ho
• Director of photography: Nguyen Tranh
• Editor: Nguy Ngu
• Cast:
  • Dustin Nguyen--- Ut Vo (in the original novel is Ut Vu)
  • Do Thi Hai Yen--- Suong.
  • Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc--- Nuong (Ut Vo's daughter)
  • Vo Thanh Hoa---Dien (Ut Vo's son)
  • Tang Thanh Ha--- Ut Vo's wife.