Three Seasons
1999 1h 45m movie Film Vietnam

Three Seasons

“The war is over. But a personal battle continues to rage.”

Three Seasons sits in the top 8% of Vietnam films on this catalog — ranked #2 of 24 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

“The war is over. But a personal battle continues to rage.”

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.

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
27
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2 of 24 Vietnam films indexed here (92nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.8 points above the Vietnam average of 6.4/10.

Among Vietnam Drama productions specifically: #1 of 19 (top 5%).

Production Details

Primary Country Vietnam
All Production Countries United States of America, Vietnam
Original Language En
Spoken Languages English, Vietnamese
Production Companies Open City Films, October Films, Giai Phong Film Studio
Runtime 1h 45m
Release Date April 30, 1999
IMDb tt0138874

Themes & Motifs

  • daughter
  • vietnam
  • prostitute
  • poetry
  • leprosy
  • flower girl
  • post war life

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