Three Seasons

– Three Seasons wants to show individuals triumphing over adversities, recovering from traumas, lookin..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Three Seasons (1999)

Three Seasons wants to show individuals triumphing over adversities, recovering from traumas, looking forward to better times, as well as nostalgia for those better days before American and French and other invasions, material and ideological. It is a poetic film that tries to paint a picture of the urban culture undergoing westernisation.

Three Seasons (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Apr 1999

Language:

English, Vietnamese

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Tony Bui

Writer:

Timothy Linh Bui (story), Tony Bui (story), Tony Bui

Main Actors:

Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang, Diem Kieu

Plot:

An American in Ho Chi Minh City looks for a daughter he fathered during the war. He meets Woody, a child who's a street vendor, and when Woody's case of wares disappears, he thinks the soldier took it. Woody hunts for him. A cyclo driver, Hai, gives a ride to Lan, a hotel call girl, and starts waiting for her daily; he falls in love with her and tries to break through her tough veneer. Kien An, a young woman, takes a job harvesting lotuses in the ponds of Teacher Dao, a reclusive man who has leprosy. Her singing awakens him from depression, and he asks her to write down poetry he has composed. The characters' paths cross in small ways, around flowers and kindnesses.

Awards:

7 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

October Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%