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Three Seasons

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Three Seasons (1999)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:23

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Vietnamese-American Tony Bui's film THREE SEASONS has the distinction of being the first American production to shoot in Vietnam since the war. A cinematic tone-poem that works more as a reflective... Vietnamese-American Tony Bui's film THREE SEASONS has the distinction of being the first American production to shoot in Vietnam since the war. A cinematic tone-poem that works more as a reflective mood piece than a traditional story, Bui's lyrical script and Lisa Rinzler's magical cinematography combine to create an original, lasting motion picture. Set in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City, the film is a triptych of stories about characters dealing with loss and redemption: an American veteran (Harvey Keitel) searches for a daughter he fathered during the Vietnam War; a young woman harvests lotus blossoms for a reclusive leper-poet; and a lonely cyclo driver offers love to a world-weary prostitute. The three stories subtly converge to deliver a portrait of a strife-worn society attempting to heal itself. [More]

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Don Duong, Tranh Manh Cuong, Zoe Bui

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Don Duong, Tranh Manh Cuong, Zoe Bui, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep

Director: Tony Bui

Director: Tony Bui
Screenwriter: Tony Bui
Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Tony Bui
Composer: Richard Horowitz

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David Ansen
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01/25/07
Jon Niccum
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Lawrence Journal-World

Stronger in visual imagery than in ideas or characters, Bui's impressive feature debut, which is set in Vietnam, won the Sundance Film Festival jury and audience awards.

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Emanuel Levy
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3.5

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Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

A light and lovely movie that satisfies, but goes away quickly.

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An extraordinary cross-cultural masterpiece shining with incredible images, a keen sense of place, and a reverence for the incredible yearning of ordinary people.

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Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

Bui has no sense of pacing or momentum.

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05/01/01
Chuck Rudolph
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