The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anh Hung Tran
Tran Nu Yen-khe
Nguy Nhu Quynh
Quang Hai
Chu Hung
Tran Manh Cuong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In contemporary Hanoi, Lien works as a waitress in the cafe owned by her older sister Suong. She shares an apartment with her older brother Hai, an actor with whom she constantly flirts. Suong is married to Quoc, a photographer with whom she has a son. Their middle sister Khanh is married to Kien, a writer. On the anniversary of the death of their mother, the three sisters and their brother meet at Suong's cafe to prepare a memorial banquet. Their mother and father were a close couple- so close that their father died a month after his wife passed away. Suong, Lien and Khanh are also very close. They tell each other everything. Nevertheless, each of them hides a secret they dare not reveal. In the weeks between the anniversary of their mother's death and that of their father, the three sisters' unusual complicity gradually gives way to the revelation of secrets, and their relationships undergo both upheaval and renewal.
Director
Anh Hung Tran
Cast
Tran Nu Yen-khe
Nguy Nhu Quynh
Quang Hai
Chu Hung
Tran Manh Cuong
Le Tuan Anh
Doan Viet Ha
Le Ngoc Dung
Le Vu Long
Do Hai Yen
Hoang Lam Tung
Nguyen Trong Phan
Nguyen Huy Cong
Anh Tuan
Le Minh Thong
Doan Hoang Kien
Nguyen An Chinh
Le Quang Ha
Be Hung
Crew
Benoit Barouh
Mario Battistel
Ludovic Bernard
Dominique Dalmasso
Bertrand Faivre
Gerard Hardy
Benoet Jaubert
Adeline Lecallier
Mark Lee
Susan Lu
Eve Machuel
The Married Monks
Quang Nguyen
Lou Reed
Alain Rocca
Christophe Rossignon
Nicholas Simon
Anh Hung Tran
Frantois Waledisch
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States November 2000
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2001
Released in United States Summer July 6, 2001
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 1-16, 2000.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
Released in United States Summer July 6, 2001 (NY, LA)
Released in United States November 2000 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 1-16, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2001
