Monsoon 2019

 Now streaming on Netflix is this low key intimate film about a young British gay man who fled Vietnam as an infant with his family to live in England and now returns years later to return his parents ashes to their ancestral home. The lead is play by the handsome charismatic young actor Henry Golding who made a splash in "Crazy Rich Asians" and is quiet and wonderful here. He meets up with an African American who now lives in Vietnam and they begin a casual up and down affair which is very realistic and rich with feeling. Nothing much happens, he reunites with family friends and travels about the country sometimes picking up casual one night stands, and starts a friendship with a young female tourist guide. The film is beautiful to look at, rich in vibrant colors and lots of atmosphere and movement showing us the country that we nearly destroyed. Directed by Hong Khaou. See this one.

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