Extremely beautiful cinematography doesn't
quite make up for the trite stories in this Saigon-slice-of-life
piece. A young woman who begins work at a lotus-blossom farm,
a bicycle-taxi driver and a
10-year-old street urchin all encounter compelling others in the
streets of modern Vietnam. Harvey Keitel does a long vanity bit
about a former Marine searching for his daughter, and there's
a hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold piece, but the show stealer is the
story of the flower girl. Serene shots of lakes filled with blossoms
and the women who row out to pick them make this a relaxing, if
not entirely engaging, effort.
--James DiGiovanna
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