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Drama, Romance - 2000
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Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
Director:
,
Trần Anh Hùng
Cast:
,
Như Quỳnh
,
Chu Hùng
,
Manh Cuong Tran
,
Trần Nữ Yên Khê
,
Lê Khanh
,
Ngo Quang Hai
,
Lê Tuấn Anh
,
Lê Ngọc Dung
,
Doan Viet Ha
,
Mạnh Cường

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Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
17 May 2000
Country:
VN, FR, DE
Languages:
Vietnamese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This might just be the perfect time to soak up some of its calm and natural beauty.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Oct 2001
fresh:
Tran Anh Hung, who earned an Oscar nomination for his first movie, The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), has created another exquisite portrait of Vietnamese family life.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
28 Sep 2001
rotten:
The film's minimalism works against it.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
21 Sep 2001
fresh:
A film shaped ... around the mundane, endlessly fascinating and humanizing details of who we are right here and now.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
21 Sep 2001
fresh:
The Vertical Ray of Sun is beautiful, languorous, passive -- it plays like background music for itself.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
14 Sep 2001
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