The Beautiful Country directed by Hans Petter Moland Now available on DVD is The Beautiful Country, directed by Hans Petter Moland, the story of a young man named Binh (Damien Nguyen), who decides to leave his home in Vietnam -- a place where, since he is half-American, he is considered bui doi, meaning worthless or "less than dust" -- in order to travel to the U.S. to find his father. Armed only with what remains of his newly-found mother's life savings and the sparest of information about his father, Binh makes his way into the world. Surviving the boat people migration and a Malaysian refugee camps with the help of the world-hardened-but-still-beautiful Ling (Bai Ling) and making his way onto a ocean freighter commanded by the withdrawn Captain Oh (Tim Roth), Bihn's personal sacrifices grow daily, but he manages to stay composed and focused, never losing sight of the reason for his journey. After briefly living a life of indentured servitude trying to pay back the cost of his trip by working illegally in New York, Binh finally escapes and makes his way to Texas in the hope of finally learning what happened to his father (Nick Nolte) and to try to forge a relationship with the man, despite the fact that they are complete strangers. Buy The Beautiful Country on DVD:     Indie/art house films in various stages of release: Breakfast on Pluto, Ushpizin, Good Night, and Good Luck, Capote, Thumbsucker, Everything Is Illuminated, Pretty Persuasion, The Chumscrubber, The Memory of a Killer, 2046, Broken Flowers, November

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