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Film Details - Ayer Productions , 1993
Producers:
Jim McElroy.
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Kevin Hayward.
Editors:
Nicholas Beauman.
Production Designers:
Michael Philips.
Music:
Stephen Rae [Douglas Stephen Rae].
Cast:
Saskia Reeves (Louise Duffield), Robert Reynolds (Michael Duffield), Sami Frey (Daniel), Jacqueline McKenzie (Viola), Kiet Lam (Tuan), Thierry Marquet (Captain Brochard), Hoa To (Tatie Chi), Nguyen Minh Tri (Thief), Tran Duy An (Bao), Ho Thu Nga (Kim), Vu T. Le Thi (Bao's Mother), Nguyen Ngoc Dang (Bao's Grandfather), Jean Louis Beaulieu (French Officer), Claude Holweger (French Soldier), Tat Binh (Vietminh Captain), Trieu Xuan Sam (Vietminh in Hut), and Ly Thai Dung (Vietminh Executioner).
Release Dates:
11 August 1994 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in Queensland, Australia (including Bingil Bay, Innisfail, and Paronella Park) and in Vietnam (including Binh Ba, Dau Tieng, Tay Ninh, and Vung Tau).
Post Production:
Spectrum Films International.
Awards:
- AFI Awards, Best Original Music Score, 1994.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nomination), 1994.
Settings:
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cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1950
