Dust of Life, also known in Vietnamese as Bui Doi, is a 2006 film by director Le-Van Kiet, who also wrote the screenplay.
Plot Since 1975 millions of Vietnamese boat people have fled for freedom. By 1993 more than half who survived the exodus resided in California. The film portrays the coming of age story of abandoned kids growing up in the new Vietnamese enclave of Orange County, California in the early 1990s, based on true events.
Cast Devon Duy Nguyen—Johnny Thu-Mai Tran—Mai England DuVan—Rascal Mai Khanh—Mai’s Mother Linh Le—Quynh Liem Michael Doan—Father Michael Dang Hung Son—Mai's father
Festivals The film also showed at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in 2011
External links Coco Paris LLC site about the film