Three Seasons
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Three Seasons |
| Original title | Three Seasons |
| Country of production |
USA , Vietnam |
| original language |
English , Vietnamese |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tony Bui |
| script |
Tony Bui , Timothy Linh Bui |
| production |
Tony Bui , Harvey Keitel , Jason Kliot , Joana Vicente |
| music | Richard Horowitz |
| camera | Lisa Rinzler |
| cut | Keith Reamer |
| occupation | |
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Three Seasons (alternatively: Saigon Stories ) is an American - Vietnamese drama movie from 1999 . Directed by Tony Bui , who wrote the script with Timothy Linh Bui .
action
The episode film shows scenes from Ho Chi Minh City . At the beginning, women are shown selling lotus flowers. They are singing a song by the author Dao, who has been disfigured by an illness.
The rickshaw driver Hai falls in love with the prostitute Lan, who works for the guests of the big hotels. She tells him she won't do this job for long. Hai wins $ 50 in the rickshaw race and wants to spend a day with Lan, but she refuses.
The veteran of the Vietnam War James Hager comes to town to look for his daughter. Hai and his friends mock this plan. Nevertheless, Hager finds his daughter, gives her a bunch of lotus flowers and tries to talk to her.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 28, 1999 that some things, such as the romanticized portrayal of prostitution, may be considered politically incorrect in the United States. The film is " extravagantly beautiful ", a " strikingly ambitious " work by the 26-year-old director.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “ a series of everyday occurrences staged with a light hand and with a clear eye for small gestures and words ”. He conveyed " against the background of the country opening to the West " " an impression of the emerging prosperity gap ".
Awards
Tony Bui won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize of the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 . Lisa Rinzler won a third prize at the festival for her camera work. Lisa Rinzler also won the Independent Spirit Award in 2000 , for which the film was nominated in the category of films with a production cost of over 500,000 US dollars.
The film was nominated for the Political Film Society Award for Exposé in 2000 and won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Tony Bui was nominated for a Golden Bear and an award at the Stockholm Film Festival in 1999, and in 1999 he won the audience award at the Portland International Film Festival .
The film was Vietnam's entry for a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards 2000 , but was not nominated.
backgrounds
The film was shot on the original locations in Vietnam . It had its world premiere on January 23, 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival . The film grossed approximately $ 2 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Three Seasons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Three Seasons in the Lexicon of International Films
- Three Seasons at Rotten Tomatoes (English) alternative link
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed on September 9, 2007
- ^ Lexicon of International Films, accessed on September 9, 2007
- ^ Filming locations for Three Seasons, accessed September 9, 2007
- ^ Opening dates for Three Seasons, accessed September 9, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Three Seasons, accessed September 9, 2007