I'll confess right up front. What I enjoyed most about this film is Henry Golding. He portrays a Vietnamese refugee who returns home to find a place to scatter the ashes of his recently deceased mother and to reconnect with his homeland that he hasn't seen since his family fled when he was a child. Through random sexual encounters we learn he is gay. There are a lot of shots featuring Hanoi and Saigon which are beautiful. There's much we don't know about Golding's character other than he has a brother who has a family. The viewer is left with a sense that he is longing for something but isn't quite sure what. A chance sexual encounter offers the prospect of something more meaningful but isn't explored in much detail. I'd watch again only to see Golding!
Review of Monsoon
