The Vertical Ray of the Sun

Plot

Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.

Cast

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Lien

Như Quỳnh

Suong

Lê Khanh

Khanh

Ngo Quang Hai

Hai

Chu Hùng

Quoc

Mạnh Cường

Kien

Lê Tuấn Anh

Tuan

Doan Viet Ha

Ngan

Lê Ngọc Dung

Huong

Lê Vũ Long

Hoa

Đỗ Thị Hải Yến

Mui

Hoàng Lâm Tùng

Toan

Trọng Phan

Nhan

Huy Công

The Fisherman

Doãn Hoàng Kiên

Nghia