The Vertical Ray of the Sun
(Mua he chieu thang dung)
by Tran Anh Hung
Vietnam, France
Focus on vietnamese cinema
Script: Tran Anh Hung
Cinematographer: Mark Lee
Editor: Mario Battistel
Art Director: Benoît Barough
Sound: F. Waledisch
Music: Trinh Cong Son
Cast: Tran Nu Yên-khê, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Le Khan, Ngo Vu Quang Hai, Chu Hung, Tran Manh Cuong, Le Tuan Anh
Production: Lazennec Productions
Distribution:
Le Pacte
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75017 Paris
France
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Year: 2000
Screening: 2002
35 mm, Colour, 102 min,
OV Vietnamese with French Subtitles
Un Certain Regard - Cannes 2000
Hanoi, present day.
Lien works as a waitress in a cafe owned by Suong, her elder sister. Lien, Hai and Khanh, their younger sister, get together at Suong’s to celebrate their mother’s death anniversary. During the whole day, the three sisters show a tight closeness, they seem to share and discuss everything. Quoc, Suong’s husband, is a photographer as well as a botanist. He travels all over the country for his work and secretly has another wife. His long absences become a threat to their married life. Khien, Khanh’s husband, is a writer and works at home. While travelling in Saigon, he gives in to an affair. Lien shares her elder brother’s flat and feels a secret passion for him, thus making their relationship ambiguous.
