Project Detail

Monsoon

Synopsis

Kit, a young British Vietnamese man, returns to his birth country for the first time in over 30 years. He was just eight years old when he and his family escaped Saigon as 'boat refugees' during the Vietnam-American war. No longer familiar with this country and unable to speak his native language, Kit embarks on a personal journey from Saigon to Hanoi, in search of a place to scatter his parents’ ashes. Along the way he meets his estranged family and falls for Lewis, an American whose father had fought in the war.
During his travels, Kit finally starts to connect to the memories of his parents and his own roots.
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - World premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of film: Features
Running time: 86 min
Director: Hong Khaou
Producer: Tracy O’Riordan
Executive Producer: Emma Dutton, Lizzie Francke, Rose Garnett, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp
Editor: Mark Towns
Screenwriter: Hong Khaou
Director of Photography: Benjamin Kracun
Production Designer: Miren Marañón
Principal cast: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Moonspun Films (UK), BloomerApp Media Production (HK), BBC Films (UK), BFI (UK) production in association with Sharp House (UK)

Moonspun Films

Tracy O'Riordan

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Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

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