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DON DUONG (Tai Tran)
Don Doung is widely regarded as one of the most talented actors
of the post-war generation in Vietnam. Born on August 27, 1957
in the city of Dalat, he began acting in 1982 and has since appeared
in over fifty feature films. In 1993, he won the Vietnamese Best
actor Award for the film Dau An Cua Quy, which also
won prizes at international film festivals worldwide. Other notable
films include Cahn Bac and Co Lau which
won Best Picture at the Vietnamese National Film Festival.
His other film credits include the Korean film Farwell the
River and Tony Buis acclaimed short film Yellow
Louts. Duong reunited with Tony on the feature length film
Three Seasons, winner of the Grand Jury and Audience
Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
TRUNG
NGUYEN (Minh Pham)
Born on November 28, 1992 in Maryland, eight year-old Trung is
in the third grade at Diablo Vista Elementary School. He became
interested in acting after seeing Three Seasons. When
his parents heard the casting call news on the radio for Green
Dragon, they gave him an opportunity to try out and attend
the open call, competing with over 500 children. After completing
the film, it is directing, not acting, that now fascinates him.
HIEP THI LE
Since her acclaimed debut In Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth,"
Heip Thi Le Is one of Hollywood's promising young talents, Hiep's
life story Is as dramatic as any role she has portrayed on the
silver screen. At the age of eight, the Vietnam-born actress and
her younger sister were separated from their parents and left
their homeland as "boat people." The sisters lived In
refugee camps In Hong Kong before reuniting with their parents
and five other siblings In California four years later.
The actress Is currently In development on the script "1979-Children
of the Sea", that depicts the struggle and heartbreak that
Heip and her sister endured on their journey to America.
Hiep has starred In such films as "Bastards", "Bugis
Street" and "Dead Men Can't Dance."
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