The Vertical Ray of the Sun, April 17

This Friday’s screening:

Mua he chieu thang dung (The Vertical Ray of the Sun, 2000, Vietnam)

Director: Tran Anh Hung

112 minutes

In Vietnamese with English subtitles

On the anniversary of their mother’s death, three sisters in contemporary Hanoi meet to prepare a memorial banquet. After the banquet, the calm exteriors of the sisters’ lives begin to give way to more turbulent truths, which will affect their seemingly idyllic relationships. (…) With the brilliant Vietnamese summer as a setting Vertical Ray of the Sun is beautiful from beginning to end, a charming, slow-paced, face value, family saga film. (Wikipedia)

Trailer here.

Friday, April 17th, 18:30

Zrinyi 14, room 411/A

 

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