Monsoon

Monsoon

Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) leads this romance drama from the BAFTA-nominated director of Lilting as a British Vietnamese man who, after fleeing Saigon because of the Vietnam War, returns. Co-stars Parker Sawyers (Southside With You) and Molly Harris (Artemis Fowl).

14 reviews
Directed by Hong Khaou

2020Rating: M, Offensive language85 minsUK

DramaRomance

Director:: Hong Khaou
Writer:: Hong Khaou
Cast:: Henry GoldingParker SawyersDavid TranMolly Harris

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Monsoon | Reviews

Sight & Sound

Monsoon feels like a precisely considered expression of the untethered experience of migration.

Financial Times

Most film-makers would crank the themes loud. But Khaou is never less than measured in his study of place and displacement...

Newshub

(A) gentle, nuanced and meditative story of cultural and emotional disconnection.

San Francisco Chronicle

More of a slow drip than a torrential downpour. It’s a lovely film that suddenly and magically can wash over you, then lose you in its opacities.

Sydney Morning Herald

Khaou is so intent on not being obvious... that the dilemmas and dissatisfactions of the immigrant experience get lost among the subtleties.

Entertainment Weekly

Monsoon could stand to be a little more turbulent, but that doesn't mean it won't stir something within you.

Empire Magazine

Offers a poignant picture of the emigrant experience as well as Vietnam's post-war hangover, while cementing Henry Golding's position as a leading man to watch.

Little White Lies

Leaves a lasting, optimistic impression of love and friendship.

The Guardian

A thoughtful, deeply felt movie of great sweetness, unfolding at an unhurried pace.

The New York Times

Tips over the line that separates minimalism from a not-fully-developed movie.

IndieWire

A quiet, solitary affair designed to communicate how isolating it can be to travel alone in a big city, especially one you have a fragmentary relationship to.

Stuff

Some may find the pacing a little too languid, but its worth persevering, as the real, tender heart of the story eventually starts to pour forth.

Hollywood Reporter

As he did in Lilting, Khaou in Monsoon finely sketches the complex inner lives and identities of a small group of characters and plugs them into a narrative that unfolds gradually but precisely, so audiences have the time to consider the work's larger thematic concerns.

Variety

A well-acted, gracefully shot, but perhaps overly delicate exploration of a Vietnamese-born Briton's return to the country of his childhood.