Monsoon 2020 123movies

Watch: Monsoon 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – Kit’s family fled Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam when he was 6 years old to escape the aftermath of the Vietnam-American war. More than 30 years later, he returns for the first time since, to repatriate his mother’s ashes, where he also meets Lee, an estranged second cousin, Linh, a Vietnamese student, and Lewis, a gay American clothing designer. He arranges an online date with Lewis, which turns into something more. Struggling to rediscover the country he never knew, he is able to discover friendship, love, and happiness on his journey..
Plot: Kit can’t remember much of his native Vietnam. When he returns to the Land of the Golden Star for the first time in over thirty years, he takes in his local surroundings as any Western tourist would, and the environment is as exotic as the language is incomprehensible. The aim of Kit’s travels – to find a place to scatter his parents’ ashes – thus becomes part of a journey back to his roots and to the discovery of his identity, which external circumstances have rendered ambiguous and complex.
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Ratings:

	6.0/10 Votes: 2,130
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	69/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 24 Popularity: 4.158 | TMDB

Reviews:

This is a beautiful film to watch – the cinematography of Vietnam, the bustling rejuvenated city of Hanoi and the welcoming nature of the people – all a magnificent advertisement to go visit. The story, on the other hand, is just.. well… wet! Henry Golding goes back after 30-odd years to scatter the ashes of his parents. Once back, he hooks up with an American guy for some nookie and with a distant cousin who points out, rather ironically, that after all they had to do to escape the Pol Pot regime in the first place, it’s odd that he decided to bring them back! It has potential, this – if we knew a little more about any of the characters then that might add substance, but as it is it’s a sort of low grade gay romance centred around an attractive enough, but unremarkable actor, and with a story that is about as thin as a banana leaf.

Henry Golding gives a very emotional performance, but it’s unfortunately lost as ‘Monsoon’ is simply uninteresting. Everyone’s intention here means well, but the final film is just a waste. That’s not to say the film isn’t worth watching – it opens the door to the conversation of cultural identity, and is worth a small applause for its portrayal of a gay relationship.

Read Chris’ full article…
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-monsoon-look-at-loss-of-cultural-identity-misses-the-mark

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Kit (Henry Golding) is a Brit. He goes back to his homeland Vietnam after the death of his mother to return her ashes. He was last there at the age of 6 when he escaped with his family. He reconnects with some family and long-ago friends. The city is completely different. He has a fling with Lewis who is looking to manufacture his gay apparel line.

This is a nice little vacation in present-day Saigon where modernity has taken over. One get a sense of Kit’s lost and cultural displacement. The gay romance has a couple of cute poignant moments. Other than those individual moments, the movie fails to push a dramatic story through the entire movie. There is little to no tension. This is really only a mood piece.

Quite possibly my most disappointing film of 2020
I’ve lived in the Far East for nearly 20 years so always look forward to movies based in that area.

I was so disappointed with “Monsoon”. The acting and camera work were pedestrian and wooden. The actors almost looked as if they were being prompted with their lines at times. No emotion anywhere.

Where was the story? A hint of gay romance, a hint of politics, a hint of self discovery. It went nowhere and said little. And what kind of ending was that?

I guess the only marks I can give it are for the memories of places visited that it brought back to me.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, History, Romance
Director Hong Khaou
Writer Hong Khaou
Actors Henry Golding, William Do, David Tran
Country United Kingdom, Hong Kong
Awards 1 win & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

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Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa Mini (Cooke S4/i & Angenieux lenses)
Laboratory N/A
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