Monsoon
Directed by:
Hong KhaouScreenplay:
Hong KhaouCinematography:
Benjamin KracunComposer:
John CummingsVOD (3)
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Directed by Hong Khaou, Monsoon is a visual and emotional tour de force with a tender performance from Henry Golding. The film is a rich and poignant exploration of the struggle for identity in a place where the past weighs heavily on the present. Kit (Henry Golding) returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time since he was six years old when his family fled the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam-American war. Struggling to make sense of himself in a city he’s no longer familiar with, he embarks on a personal journey across the country that opens up the possibility for friendship, love and happiness. (Saffron Hill Films)
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Monsoon has an exceedingly slow pace and the director obviously tried to express feelings of uprootedness and the search for (lost?) identity through the minimalism of the plot, which, however, affected the film's appeal to the audience. Despite the presence of several compelling themes, Monsoon skims over the surface, offering a reprehensibly shallow story, which is not enlivened by the Vietnamese locations and culture, nor by the homosexual storyline. A flat film in terms of story, emotion and atmosphere. Shame!
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