The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone

The Abandoned Field Free Fire Zone Vietnamese Cnh ng hoang is a 1979 Vietnamese drama film directed by Nguyn Hng Snvi . It won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

The film completely takes place within the perimeter of an empty field, but it exploits both the space under the water from under the water surface of the field and the edges of the sky where there are American warplanes conducting raids.The setting is the area of Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam war. Ba Do, his wife and small child live in a small shack in the middle of the water. They are entrusted by the revolution with the mission of maintaining the lines of communication for the armed forces. The author focused much of the plots development upon the daily life of the husband and wife, like planting rice, caring for their child, catching snakes, and catching fish, but interwoven with this are American military helicopters raiding the watery field to uncover the guerilla soldiers operating there. When Ba Do is shot by an American helicopter, his wife shoots the helicopter down in order to avenge him. ........

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