The Purple Horizon
6.2
Since its first premiere in 1971, a classic Republic of Vietnam (1954-1975) war romance feature based on a fiction novel by military writer, Van-Quang. The film was lost for more than 4 decades when the communist forces took Saigon, Republic of Vietnam's capital, on April 30th, 1975. Digitized and restored from surviving 35mm prints archived by Japan film studio Imagica Lab; now transferred to UCLA Film and TV Archive. This film provides an almost unknown perspective on the Vietnam War, the Republic of Vietnam, and the RVN Army. The stage is the Republic of Vietnam, and the scenes portray a time during the Vietnam War as experienced by the Southern Vietnamese people, themselves. Phi, a soldier, longing to take Lien off to their private, imaginary space (the Purple Horizon), understands what his duty and commitment as a soldier is. Lien is a singer whose style is reminiscent of the "Torch" singers of the early 1930s. She desperately longs to escape the world with Phi to their purple.
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Cast
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Hung Cuong
Phi
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Mai-Thao
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Thanh Lan
Phượng
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Ba-Nam-Sa-Dec
Phi's mother
Van Quang
Quoc-Phong
Thẩm Thúy Hằng
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Luu Trach-Hung
Lê Hoàng Hoa Director · Hoàng Trọng Composer
Budget $36K · United States release October 14, 2018 · Produced in Vietnam
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Budget
$36,000
Production
My Van International
Production
My Van Films
Production
Lien Anh
Production
Vietnam
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Languages
Original title
Chân Trời Tím
Original language
Vietnamese
Spoken on screen
Vietnamese
Release dates
Taiwan · June 9, 1971
Asian Film Festival
Vietnam · August 6, 1971
Theatrical
United States · October 14, 2018
digitally restored version Viet Film Fest
Canada
June 11, 2017 · digitally restored version Toronto
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