Three Seasons
aka Ba Mùa
First screened in January 2018 / Most recently screened in April 2020
Director: Tony Bui. Cast: Nguyễn Ngọc Hiệp, Đơn Dương, Nguyễn Hữu Được, Trần Mạnh Cường, Hoàng Phát Triệu, Zoe Bui, Harvey Keitel, Thạch Thị Kim Trang, Michael Salamon, Trần Quang Hiệu, Diem Kieu, Lola Guimond, Lê Hồng Sơn, Nguyễn Ba Quang, Trần Hữu Sử, Lương Đức Hưng, Kiều Hạnh, Nguyễn Thị Liên. Screenplay: Timothy Linh Bui and Tony Bui.

Twitter Capsule: Sundance double-champion tells absorbing three-strand narrative in Vietnam. Lisa Rinzler's lensing is just exquisite.

VOR:   Culturally and stylistically rare for U.S. cinema. Minus gorgeous lensing, cliché-prone script would hamper it more. Why must it languish in obscurity?



Photo © 1999 October Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


Awards:
Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic); Audience Award (Dramatic); Best Cinematography (Lisa Rinzler)
Independent Spirit Awards: Best Cinematography

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