Mùa hè chiēu thang dúng [videorecording] = Â la verticale de l'été = The vertical ray of the sun / Sony Pictures Classics, Lazennec prêsente ; en coproduction avec le Studio Canal+, Arte France Cinéma ; produit par [produced by], Christophe Rossignon ; un film de Trân Anh Hûng ; un film ecrit et realise par [a film written and directed by] Trân Anh Hûng.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Publisher:
Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,
Trân Nû Yên Khê (Lien), Nguyên Nhû Quŷnh (Suong), Lê Khanh (Khanh), Ngô Quang Hâi (Hai), Chu Hûng (Quoc), Trân Manh Cuông (Kien), Lê Tuân Anh (Tuan). Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. Special features: Filmographies [text feature] ; Theatrical trailers [The Vertical Ray of the Sun and other Sony Pictures Classics features].
Contents:
Start -- Liên & Hai -- Khanh -- Quôc's photos -- Disgusting things -- Tuân -- Memorial & meal -- Mother's Toan -- Sing-along -- Writer's block -- "I'm pregnant." -- Vow of silence -- Rainy day story -- Looking for Ho -- Harmony -- Bui Kim Ngan -- Family reunion -- "I must go back." -- Stood up -- An invitation -- Indiscreet question -- Room 324 -- "Dance with me." -- Good vibrations -- Quôc returns -- Back from Saigon -- Suong's hope -- Unmarried & pregnant?
Summary:
Three sisters-Lien, Khanh, and Suong-whose parents have recently died come together on the anniversary of the mother's death, preparing the memorial dinner. The men in their lives include their brother Hai, and husbands Kien and Quoc. The family is, however, prey to all the romantic entanglements, confessions, secrets, passions and troubles that eventually ensnare all. With Chekhovian decorum, the film examines the domestic emotions and small eruptions of feeling that punctuate the slow, vaguely sorrowful serenity of the sister's daily lives.
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