The legal detective novel "Bong Bao Xich Mon Night - Fishing Port network" is a work that has caused a great stir in Taiwanese literature (China) and received a series of prestigious awards including: Taiwan Literature Award (China) in 2022 (Young Author category); Golden Eagle Award in 2022 (literary work category); Taipei International Book Exhibition Award (China) in 2023 (N category).
The work begins with a murder case that seems clear all day: An illegal worker kills all three members of the family of the captain of the fishing boat Binh Xuan 16. Hung was quickly arrested with clear evidence, but the deeper it went, the more dense the fog of the case became.
Behind a simple death penalty is the entire sensitive nerves of the Taiwanese fisheries industry (China) tangled, dragging along a tangled apparatus of power and politics.
Dong Bao Cau is an ethnic minority lawyer who decided to return to the land of Bat Xich Mon, where he grew up and wanted to run away forever to find the truth of the incident.
Throughout the book is a journey he overcomes the barriers of language, ethnicity, identity to find the truth and above all, seizes the right to life for the defendant in a society where it is almost presumed that the person must die.
Under the guise of a criminal case, The Night of the Red Sea - Fishing Port Internet is an in-depth novel about complex social issues closely interwoven with the plot structure: The situation of forced labor on fishing vessels; The legal fish laundry and smuggling system; Ethnic and regional discrimination; Controversy surrounding the death penalty...
Author Duong Phuc Due has written a novel in which each character is a piece of life torn apart, where justice is not only a verdict, but a question to test readers: If you were a friend, which side would you support?
After the resounding success of the novel, The Night of the Red Sea explosion has been adapted into a TV series. The film realistically recreates the gloomy atmosphere and the burning social problems that the book mentioned.
With the participation of a talented cast and a tight script, the film has received many compliments from critics and audiences, while attracting widespread attention on the Netflix platform.
Duong Phuc Due started out as a Master of Law, after 5 years of practicing law, he switched to the field of art direction, majoring in film directing at the California Academy of the Arts ( CalArts).
Based on legal knowledge and litigation experience, combined with methodical cinematic thinking, Duong Phuc Due tends to dig deeper to portray social problems and humanistic challenges that people face under the modern legal system.
