I have a very strange relationship with this film. I can't say what's so special about him, but he's ' doesn't let go' I've been a year now. And here the main thing is not to confuse the concept ' hooked ' when the film keeps attention for some time after watching, makes you return to it in thoughts. This happens to me with author’s films, which you digest for a long time, but then you remove them to the farthest memory box. ' On the flow' also refers to those films that remind you of their existence from time to time, call and beckon to plunge into his world again. And at the same time, I can say quite objectively that there is no special visual cinematography in it, no pictures licked with glamour, no exciting story that makes you empathize with the heroes. I wanted to write that the story told is as old as the world, but lost. Is she that old? No, these are just the trends of the new, more developed, industrial world - the piercing loneliness of individual individuals in the total mass of the bustling multimillion Hanoi. The additional appeal of the film in the cast, and he is truly stellar. And it’s not just about Johnny Nguyen, he plays second fiddle here. Absolutely delightful Pham Lin Dan ('Indochina') and Do Thi Hai Yen ('The Quiet American', 'The Pao Story').
Young beautiful Zuen (Do Thi Hai Yen), working as a tour guide, after a short acquaintance marries an even younger (younger heroine by two years) taxi driver. Zuen believes that marriage will make her happy, but in reality everything is not easy, especially since her melancholy and infantile husband is not interested in the intimate part of marriage. He has no problems of a physical nature, just a mama’s son has not yet grown to this. Secretly in love with Zuen writer Kam (Fam Lin Dam) empathizes with the incompatible marriage of a close friend. As a way out of the impasse, she decides ' to settle ' Zuen with heartthrob Tho (Johnny Nguyen) and adjusts their meeting. Unlike the unsuspecting Zuyen, Tho is aware of her mission. Zuen feels a real shock from suddenly attacked her macho. The plan failed. But Cam doesn't give up. Oh, no, there's nothing Jesuit about her. She is simply sincerely worried about her friend and believes that the appearance of a man in Zuen’s life will make her look at the failed marriage differently. Kam convinces Zuen to help Tho as an interpreter on one of the beach tours, where she gives way to his onslaught (a very strong sensual seduction scene). But sexual awakening brings Zuen even more uncertainty and uncertainty about himself, marriage and life.
The muted color palette, shaded interiors, the fleeting fleur of French architecture and the torrential flood are very suitable metaphors of longing and love, which does not exist, but which permeates the entire film.
8 out of 10