| Three Seasons |  | Director: Tony Bui
Actors: Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang, Diem Kieu, Hanh Kieu
Studio: Japanese Import
Category: DVD
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 20119
Format: Import, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Vietnamese (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 0
Running Time: 108 Minutes
EAN: 4895079701905
ASIN: B00005YRQ2
Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 1999
Release Date: February 26, 2002
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Although its publicity touts Three Seasons, a triple winner at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, as "the only American film made entirely in Vietnam,, there is little that is American about this movie. Its sensibility seems far more Vietnamese than American, from its lyrical Oriental imagery and its concern with the plight of Vietnamese citizens since the war to its reverence for the country's ancient culture. Similarly, Harvey Keitel is listed as the star, but his is really the most minor of the film's major roles. Three Seasons tells three tangentially linked stories. First is the tale of Kien An (Ngoc Hiep Nguyen), a lovely young woman who works picking lotus blossoms at a sanitarium. She becomes a scribe for its mysterious proprietor, Teacher Dao (Manh Cuong Tran), a leper who hides himself away in shame but whose soul is full of beautiful poetry. Then there is Hai (Don Duong), a gentle "cyclo" (bicycle ricksha) driver who falls in love with Lan (Zoe Bui), an alluring, feisty prostitute he sees coming and going from the big tourist hotels. Last, there is James Hager (Keitel), an ex-Marine who fought in the war and has returned to find the daughter he fathered many years before. There is also a charming plot about Woody (Huu Duoc Nguyen), a little street urchin who sells contraband out of a suitcase. The narrative involving Keitel's character is the least developed in the film, and seems to be almost an afterthought, but in any event, truly magnificent visuals and a delicate lyricism make Three Seasons a haunting, bittersweet film portrait of life in contemporary Vietnam. --Laura Mirsky
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 Great movie for romantic evening, unusual not cheesy! October 5, 2008
Jana Brabcova (Seattle, WA USA)
I saw this movie 10 years ago at a movie festival and loved it!
The story, the picture everything. Now I am happy to own it!
One of the best movies ever August 13, 2008
Dennis in Houston (Texas, United States)
This is a great movie, a great piece of story telling, and a great piece of filming, casting, and directing. I saw it on the Sundance Channel and immediately came to Amazon to order the DVD.
It's a beautiful film, telling a beautiful story, filmed in a superb manner. The music and the poems add to the overall effetiveness.
Note that it is a movie and was not meant to be a travel video. It is a poetic, eloquent story and is not a documentary on 'modern Vietnam'.
If you appreciate extremely well made movies, you will like this.
Buy it new or used.
widescreen version?? May 26, 2008
Steve Perlowski (Des Moines, IA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just about anyone who has seen this wonderful film is going to give it a minimum of four stars. My only complaint--and it's not an insignificant one--is that the film was shot in widescreen, but the DVD is full screen. It really needs a widescreen version, if for no other reason than that the cinematography of the Vietnam landscape, which some of the reviewers have raved about, will allow you to see even more of Vietnam's beauty; plus, of course, "widescreen" is how the director intended for this film to be seen.
four great stories in one movie March 15, 2008
zipzap (oregon, usa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this film takes place in ho chi minh city in the 1990's. it's a movie with four individual stories which blend into one larger tale. a common thread is the beginning of new relationships. harvey keitel stars as a vietnam veteran who has returned to vietnam to find the daughter he left behind. a second story has us following a woman from her first day of work gathering lotus flowers to sell in the city. she develops a touching relationship with a reclusive but brilliant leper for whom she works. the third storyline deals with a young boy who struggles to survive by selling trinkets to anyone who might be interested. finally, there is the cyclo-driver. he is a humble guy who meets the lady of his dreams, who also happens to be a lady of the night. at various times throughout the movie, characters from different parts of the movie run into each other without knowing that we(the viewers)are aware of what is going on in both of their lives. this movie is excellent - one of the ten best films i have ever seen. i hope you enjoy this movie as much as i did!
 Nice in DVD format December 25, 2007
A. Luu (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the VHS and was delighted to see the DVD version, other than the case paper all printed in Korean, I am happy with it.
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