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5.3/10   77 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Loc Do (writer)
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Release Date:
13 June 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A Slice Of American Life Never Seen Before.
Plot:
Two teenaged American-Asian brothers leave Vietnam and head for the USA to find their father and pursue the American dream. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Tuan Tran ... Tony
Christopher Lance ... Tien
Tom Lui ... Dat
Chris Dalton ... Red Rice
Hiep Thi Le ... Tony's Mother
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Joel Bofman ... Drug Dealer
Steve Cardwell ... Tony's Father
Melissa Chan ... Dat's Girlfriend
Vicki Chan ... Fraudulant Mother

Jeanne Chinn ... Tien's Girlfriend
Darren Dang ... Young Tony at 8
Ricky Dang ... Young Tony at 13
Hahn Do ... Rice's Neighbor
Loc Do ... A-Hong
Quynh Do ... Restaurant Owner #1
Sandy Gin ... Jewelry Store Owner
Jackie Hart-Blanton ... Counselor
Terry Heinrich ... Young Tien at 9
Annie Herndon ... Home Invasion Woman
Tim Hundley ... Utky
Vi Huynh ... New Gang Member #1
Johnny Ly ... Stinky
Robert Medina ... Young Tien at 14
Chau Nguyen ... Home Invasion Girl
Jean Nguyen ... Cindy
Long Nguyen ... Communist Commander
Ngoc Hiep Nguyen ... New Gang Member #3
Steven Pham ... Restaurant Owner #2
Kelli Ratliff ... Patty
William Teagardin ... Benjamin Kowolski
Khiem Thai ... Fraudulant Father
Thanh T. Tran ... New Gang Member #2
Peter Vo ... Pool Hall Player
Candi Whitman ... Secretary on Phone
Gordon Young ... A-Bill
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98 min
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Raw and Powerful, 18 November 2000
10/10
Author: dadams584 from Long Beach, California

This Asian Film Festival winner only played for 1 week here in LA but it is well worth catching if you find it on video. It tells a story that needed to be told, that of 2 Amerasian teenagers who are searching for a better life. Their mother is Vietnamese and their father is American. The film says that there are over 30,000 of these children who were fathered during the Vietnam war but only about 1% of them have ever met their real fathers. A law that was passed recently by congress has made it possible for these children to come to the United States and legally track down their real fathers. This is a powerful film, one that stays in your mind long after you've seen it. It deserves to get more exposure. Perhaps more films on this subject will be made.

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