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Three Seasons

1999 · 105 min

A hushed, lyrical drift through humid city mornings and quiet longing, sad and tender, rewarding patience with moments of gentle beauty.

Tagline: A haunting tale of changes, choices and second chances.
Overview: 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.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
love
memory
healing
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Tony Bui
Written by: Tony Bui
Starring: Đơn Dương, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hiệp, Diep Bui, Huu Duoc Nguyen, Diễm Kiều, Harvey Keitel, Lola Guimond, Phát Triệu
Music: Richard Horowitz
Cinematography: Lisa Rinzler
Runtime: 105 min
Country: United States of America, Vietnam
Languages: English, Vietnamese

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