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The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (1979)

1h 35m

Running Time

The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (1979)

Name: The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1979-04-30

1h 35m

Running Time

Plot.

In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.

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Cast & Crew.

Toi Lam

Ba Đô

Robert Hải

Major Mitscher

Thúy An

Sáu Xoa

Nguyễn Hồng Thuận

Vũ (Ba Đô and Sáu Xoa's child)

Xuân Đế

Sublieutenant Jean

Hồng Chi

Actor

Thanh Thug Dao

Actor

Đào Thanh Thủy

The Communication Girl

Nguyễn Hồng Sến

Station Zone's Leader (credited as Hồng Chi) / Director

Huỳnh Kim Ngọc

Art Direction

Van Bong Nguyen

Actor

Trịnh Công Sơn

Music

Van Lam Nguyen

Actor

Lâm Trân

Editor

Đường Tuấn Ba

Director of Photography

Công Sơn Trịnh

Composer

Nguyễn Quang Sáng

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 30, 1979

Original Name
Cánh đồng hoang

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Genres
Drama War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

vietnam war

viet cong

Wiki.

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.

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.