Worlds apart

Australia, 1997

Film

A Vietnamese migrant family struggles to survive with their customary values in Australia. As the children reach adolescence, the conflict resulting from the difference between the two cultures intensifies. The children aim for independence. The father feels only shame heightened by the family living in high-rise commission flats and working as a factory worker, a fall of social standing. Cast includes Thanh-Vu Nguyen and Tamara Thao Nguyen.

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Credits

co-director

Garry McKechnie

Tony Le Nguyen

producer

Gregory Miller

production company

Film Projects

Richmond Community Care

Working Images Film & Video

Duration

00:21:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315148

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ethnicity

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Housing - Melbourne (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Melbourne (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Melbourne (Vic.) - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Suburban life

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → High-rise apartment buildings - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Alternative lifestyles

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cross-cultural studies

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture conflict

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnicity

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → High-rise apartment buildings - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Migrant labor

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Suburban life

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnamese - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Cross-cultural studies

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Alternative lifestyles

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Suburban life

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Choice (Psychology) in adolescence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Suburban life

Places → Housing - Melbourne (Vic.)

Places → Melbourne (Vic.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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