The Beautiful Country is a 2004 Vietnam-related drama film set in 1990. It is directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Damien Nguyen, Nick Nolte, Bai Ling, Chau Thi Kim Xuan, Tim Roth, Anh Thu, Temuera Morrison and John Hussey. The screenplay was written by Sabina Murray, a writer who teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers. The film tells the story of Binh, a Vietnamese boy who is often referred to as a "bui doi" . After a life of prejudice and servitude, Binh decides to leave his tiny Vietnamese village and search for his mother in... Saigon. Binh finds his mother, Mai, and discovers he has a younger brother, energetic and precocious Tam. Mai is employed by Mrs. Hoa, the cruel mistress of a great house. After getting a job at the house with his mother, Binh discovers that she is sexually harassed constantly by Mrs. Hoa's son. While dusting with his mother, Binh lifts a red glass statue of Buddha, a precious family heirloom, to allow his mother to dust.
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| Release date: | March 13, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Hans Petter Moland |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Edward R. Pressman, Terrence Malick, Petter J. Borgli, Tomas Backstrom |
| Editor: | Wibecke Rønseth |
| Music by: | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Cinematography: | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Screenplay by: | Sabina Murray, Larry Gross |
| Genre: | Adventure |