Boat People Blu-ray BFI 52 mins): John Hurt stars

52 mins): John Hurt stars in this 2010 interpretation of MR James’s chilling tale

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Emotionally complex and questioning drama told with austere beauty

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Boat People Blu-ray BFI 52 mins): John Hurt stars'Boat People' Director: Ann Hui (1982) Criterion Collection Blu ray 4K restoration Cantonese, Japanese and Vietnamese w English subtitles One of the pre eminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover,