Alamo Bay
Directed by Louis Malle.
With Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Ho Nguyen.
US, 1985, 35mm, color, 98 min.
With Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Ho Nguyen.
US, 1985, 35mm, color, 98 min.
Based on real-life incidents, Alamo Bay carefully explores the racial conflicts between working-class shrimp fishermen and Vietnamese immigrants on the Texas Gulf Coast. As the newly arrived Vietnamese begin to encroach on the fishing territories of the American locals (many of whom are Vietnam veterans), tensions grow and eventually lead to violence and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. Against the backdrop of these pressures, troubled veteran Shang (Harris) and the straightforward Glory (Madigan, Harris' real-life wife) test the strength and viability of their long-standing love affair.
