The Greatest Country in the World


The Greatest Country in the World is a Canadian drama film, directed by Ky Nam Le Duc and released in 2019. Set in a reality in which Canada has just elected a far right government that is threatening to deport refugees and immigrants, the film centres on Hiên, a Vietnamese immigrant who is preparing to move back to Vietnam, and Alex, the boyfriend of Hiên's daughter Phuong who has already left the country, as they help Junior try to locate his mother Roseline when she disappears.
The film premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in 2019. It was screened at the Reelworld Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Audience Choice Award, and at the 2020 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2021.
Nguyen Thanh Tri received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actor at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.