Three Seasons

Three Seasons (1999)

Ba Mùa

A haunting tale of changes, choices and second chances.

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.

Date of release
1999-04-30
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Tony Bui

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award; Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic

Three Seasons is a 1999 film, shot in Vietnam, about the past, present, and future of Ho Chi Minh City in the early days of Doi Moi. It is a poetic film that tries to paint a picture of the urban culture undergoing westernization. The movie takes place in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. As the characters try to come to terms with the invasion of capitalism, neon signs, grand five-star hotels, and Coca-Cola signs, their paths begin to merge.

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