---
title: 'Boat People (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ann Hui'
released: '1982-10-13'
runtime_minutes: 106
certification: 'R'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/boat-people-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084807/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Boat People (1982)

1982 · R · 106 min · Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Original title: 投奔怒海
Part of: Vietnam Trilogy

## Synopsis

Boat People is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui. The film stars George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, and Andy Lau. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Performer, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. It was also screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best Chinese-language films in the past 100 years.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ann Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-hui)
- **Screenplay:** [Chiu Kang Chien](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiu-kang-chien)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Law Wing-fai](https://cinepixo.com/people/law-wing-fai)
- **Producer:** [Xia Meng](https://cinepixo.com/people/xia-meng)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Chung](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-chung)
- **Editor:** [Kin Kin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kin-kin)

## Cast

- [Season Ma](https://cinepixo.com/people/season-ma)
- [Cora Miao](https://cinepixo.com/people/cora-miao)
- [Qi Mengshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/qi-mengshi)
- [George Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lam)
- [Andy Lau](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-lau)

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