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The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 17, 2000

Original Title:
Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng

Alternate Titles:
At the Height of Summer
Mua he chieu thang dung
Når solen står som høyest
Pleno Verano
À la verticale de l'été
偷妻
垂直日光
垂直照射的阳光
夏至
恋之初夏

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
ARTE France Cinéma
Canal+
Hang Phim Truyen
Lazennec Films
ZDF

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Vietnam

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 112

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Assistant Editor:
Agathe Cauvin

Assistant Production Manager:
Julien Azoulay

Costume Design:
Susan Lu

Director:
Tran Anh Hung

Director of Photography:
Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Editor:
Mario Battistel

First Assistant Director:
Ludovic Bernard

Key Makeup Artist:
Evelyne Byot

Line Producer:
Benoît Jaubert
Nicholas Simon

Location Manager:
Claude Guymont
Marc Bouschet

Music Editor:
Raphaël Sohier

Music Producer:
Valérie Lindon

Original Music Composer:
Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Producer:
Christophe Rossignon

Production Design:
Benoît Barouh

Production Manager:
Ginette Mejinsky
Ève François Machuel

Production Supervisor:
Tran Anh Hung

Property Master:
Laurent Saimond

Second Assistant Director:
Sébastien Deux

Sound Designer:
François Waledisch
Dominique Dalmasso

Sound Editor:
Thomas Desjonquères
Gérard Hardy

Sound Mixer:
Christophe Vingtrinier

Still Photographer:
Guy Ferrandis

Unit Production Manager:
Richard Connors

Writer:
Tran Anh Hung

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