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Dust Of Life

1994, Movie, NR, 87 mins

Dust Of Life: Review

It comes as no surprise that Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb's film -- based on the memoirs of Duyen Ahn, a survivor of the "reeducation" process to which Amerasian Vietnamese children were subjected -- is both harrowing and heartfelt. What is surprising is the mid-film shift from brutal realism to a conventional adventure formula: Imagine Huckleberry Finn meets PAPILLON and weep. "Dust of life" is a derogatory term used by the Vietnamese to refer to the some 40,000 child... read more leave a comment