Archive of films Monsoon / Monsoon
United Kingdom
2019, 85 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2019
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 the local surroundings as any Western tourist would: everything seems remote and alien. A subtle film which records one man’s journey back to his roots as it evocatively mediates the (re)discovery of his identity.
Synopsis
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: 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. Hong Khaou’s ability to evocatively express the inner transformation of heroes trying to see the way ahead underpins both his debut Lilting and Monsoon, a subtle film about rootlessness, the process of recollection, and finding new contexts that bring a different sense to one’s existence.
Sandra Hezinová
About the director

Hong Khaou (b. 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia). Filmography: Summer (2006, short), Spring (2011, short), Lilting (2014, screened at the 49th KVIFF), Monsoon (2019)
Contacts
Protagonist Pictures
48-48 Great Portland Stcy, W1W 7NB, London
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 734 9000
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.protagonistpictures.com
Publicity contact
Sanam Jehanfard
Tel: 00447879023175
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
---|---|
Director: | Hong Khaou |
Screenplay: | Hong Khaou |
Dir. of Photography: | Benjamin Kracun |
Editor: | Mark Towns |
Art Director: | Francesca Massariol |
Producer: | Tracy O'Riordan |
Production: | Monsoon Films |
Coproduction: | BBC, BFI, Sharphouse |
Cast: | Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers |
Sales: | Protagonist Pictures |
Contact: | Sanam Jehanfard |
Guests

Tracy O'Riordan
Producer

Hong Khaou
Film Director

Dave Bishop

Sanam Jehanfard
Sales Agent

Grace Bridger
Assistant Producer

Camille McCurry
Agent

Rowan Woods
Film Institution Rep.
