Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
In 1954, Thanh, an architect, returns to live in the family house he resided in before the war. He suggests that Quy, a comrade from his regiment and his wife, Hue, share the villa which is too big for just him. Cohabitation problems soon arise and challenge the friendship forged by the two men in a completely different context. As the days pass, the relation between Thanh and Hue is also strengthened, although they first reject the obvious feelings they have for each other. Between a ruined friendship and an ever more sincere love for Hue, Thanh seems always more torn.
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