Film

The Vertical Ray of the Sun

2000 · 1h 52m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

81%

Metacritic

72

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.

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Lien

Như Quỳnh

Suong

Lê Khanh

Khanh

Ngo Quang Hai

Hai

Chu Hùng

Quoc

Mạnh Cường

Kien

Lê Tuấn Anh

Tuan

Doan Viet Ha

Ngan

Lê Ngọc Dung

Huong

Lê Vũ Long

Hoa

Đỗ Thị Hải Yến

Mui

Lâm Tùng

Toan

Trọng Phan

Nhan

Huy Công

The Fisherman

Doãn Hoàng Kiên

Nghia

An Chinh

Hien

• Trần Anh HùngDirector · Writer
• Christophe RossignonProducer
• Mark Lee Ping-BingDirector of Photography
• Tôn-Thât TiêtOriginal Music Composer
• Mario BattistelEditor

Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) trailer

Release date

May 17, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Vietnamese

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

Drama, Romance

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