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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its ravishing colour, measured rhythm and attention to domestic ritual echo Trần Anh Hùng’s sensuous Hanoi portrait, while unspoken longings quietly reshape two neighbours’ everyday lives.
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Another exquisitely tactile Trần Anh Hùng study of love expressed through routine: long, intimate preparations of food and luminous interiors turn daily life into a tender emotional language.
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A family gathering gradually exposes old disappointments and quiet tenderness, with the same patient, sun-warmed observation of meals, siblings and the feelings beneath polite conversation.
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Why this pick
Rohmer’s graceful, talk-rich chamber piece shares the film’s lightness and emotional delicacy: relationships shift through casual visits, elegant rooms and conversations that reveal more than intended.
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A gently unfolding summer among relatives, observed through small chores, meals and silences; its natural light and unhurried warmth closely suit the original’s contemplative familial texture.
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01 / THE STORY
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. The eldest sister has a small boy nicknamed Little Mouse, and botanical photographer husband Quoc, who is prone to long absences from home. The middle sister has recently discovered that she is pregnant to her husband Kien, who is a writer suffering from writer's block. The flirtatious youngest sister constantly fantasises about being pregnant, and lives with her brother Hai, for whom she has a deep affection. 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.
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