The Bamboo Incident or Hoa-Binh (, 和平) is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard and based on a novel La colonne de cendres by Françoise Lorrain.

Plot

Two small Vietnamese boy grow up during the horrors and hardships of the Vietnam War era. Their father with the Vietcong and their mother in the hospital, two Vietnamese children try to survive on the streets of Saigon.

Production

Filming took place about 1969 in Saigon and Bien Hoa.

Crew

Cast

Reception

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, where Coutard won the prize for Best First Work.