'I just felt this drive to create something with this story because I feared what the other version of this story might be,' said director Sing J. Lee about the fact-based adaptation.
, the Michael Mann movie featuring Jamie Foxx as a cab driver held prisoner by a hitman played by Tom Cruise, Lee’s film is a meditation on loneliness and the meaning of family, all steeped in Vietnamese culture. With most of the dialogue being in Vietnamese, the story sees an elderly driver-for-hire pick up three passengers who turn out to be dangerous escaped convicts.
Nguyen was just about the only actor on stage to not shed a tear in talking about the work and the importance of the movie. Hiệp Trần Nghĩa, the 81-year old actor from France who found himself in his first leading film role, cried as he, with the help of an interpreter, acknowledged the support of his wife as well as the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, wishing that everyone could live a life as blessed as his.
But perhaps the most touching moment came from Phi Vu, who plays a convict torn between following the violent leader of the group and embracing his own heritage and path. Vu recounted how he tried hard to convince his father-in-law, a shrimper in Louisiana, to take him out off shore, so he could understand the man’s life. The father-in-law finally relented and said yes, but then Vu got the callback for the movie …while they were off-shore.
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