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Trần Anh Hùng has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Patrick d'Assumçao

1950s Saigon through the eyes of Mui, a Vietnamese servant girl. At 10 years-old, Mui leaves her village to work for an affluent, troubled family. As she comes of age, Mui finds work in the household of a pianist she has admired since childhood, and finds their relationship growing in complexity.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Như Quỳnh

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Audrey Tautou, Bérénice Bejo, Mélanie Laurent