misterbels
Joined Jul 2017
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A love story in Saigon.
This movie is beautifully shot. It doesn't evade erotic explicitness in the awakening body (and heart?) of the young girl, who, as a character in the movie and representing M. D. she's a wonderful choice.
The Chinese man is also an excellent cinematic choice, as in the Wong Kar-Wai movies.
The cultural conflicts are portrayed rather superficially but they are truthful. The colonial French presence is of course still very present at the beginning of the 20th century.
What I particularly liked a lot is the 'not overdone' melancholy throughout the whole movie, in the imagery, music and slow narration.
All by all, this love story is worth it for the visuals alone already. If you have lived many years in Saigon, all the more so.
This movie is beautifully shot. It doesn't evade erotic explicitness in the awakening body (and heart?) of the young girl, who, as a character in the movie and representing M. D. she's a wonderful choice.
The Chinese man is also an excellent cinematic choice, as in the Wong Kar-Wai movies.
The cultural conflicts are portrayed rather superficially but they are truthful. The colonial French presence is of course still very present at the beginning of the 20th century.
What I particularly liked a lot is the 'not overdone' melancholy throughout the whole movie, in the imagery, music and slow narration.
All by all, this love story is worth it for the visuals alone already. If you have lived many years in Saigon, all the more so.
