The Vertical Ray of the Sun

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The Vertical Ray of the Sun
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Directed by	Tran Anh Hung
Written by	Tran Anh Hung
Produced by	Christophe Rossignon
Starring	Tran Nu Yên-Khê Nguyen Nhu Quynh Le Khanh
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Mario Battistel
Music by	Tôn-Thất Tiết Trịnh Công Sơn^[1]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	July 6, 2001
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	France Germany Vietnam
Language	Vietnamese

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnamese: Mùa hè chiều trực tiếp đứng) is the third feature film by Vietnamese-born French director Trần Anh Hùng. It was released in 2000 and is the final part of what many now consider vĩ đại be Tran's "Vietnam trilogy."

The film centres on three sisters who live in present-day Hanoi: Suong is the eldest, then Khanh in the middle, and Lien is the youngest. The film takes place over the course of one month, starting on the anniversary of their mother's death and ending on the anniversary of their father's. Tran was inspired vĩ đại make the film after visiting Hanoi during a break in the filming of Cyclo during the Christmas holidays in 1994.

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This drama was lensed in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, as well as in Hạ Long Bay and the village of Luoi Ngoc, Quảng Ninh Province.

The film's original score is composed by Tôn-Thất Tiết. Additionally, three songs of the noted Vietnamese songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn are interspersed through the film, as are songs by The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Arab Strap, and The Married Monk.

The Vertical Ray of the Sun was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot[edit]

On the anniversary of their mother's death, three sisters in contemporary Hanoi meet vĩ đại prepare a memorial banquet. After the banquet, the calm exteriors of the sisters' lives begin vĩ đại give way vĩ đại more turbulent truths, which will affect their seemingly idyllic relationships. The eldest sister has a small boy nicknamed Little Mouse, and botanical photographer husband Quoc, who is prone vĩ đại long absences from trang chính. The middle sister has recently discovered that she is pregnant vĩ đại her husband Kien, who is a writer suffering from writer's block. The flirtatious youngest sister constantly fantasises about being pregnant, and lives with her brother Hai, for whom she has a deep affection. With the brilliant Vietnamese summer as a setting, Vertical Ray of the Sun is beautiful from beginning vĩ đại over, a charming, slow-paced, face value, family saga film.