Days on the Shore

Biệt Ly

7 min / color video
Denmark 2008
Director : Alfred Nguyen
In 1975 the communist regime in North Vietnam came to
power in South Vietnam and the countries were united
after 20 years of separation. In the following years, several
hundred thousands of people fled and many of them ended
as boat refugees in their journey for a new life without
oppression.
Our protagonist and his family are amongst these people.
Together with a handful of other refugees, the boat is their
only chance to flee. But they do not get far before they are
run down by a patrol boat. A confrontation is inevitable…