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Key Features:
Private detective, Missing person, Religious themes, Search for meaning, Trauma, Redemption, Violence-high, Thailand, Orphanage, Pharmaceutical industry, Existentialism, Spirituality
Tone:
serious, restrained, poetic
Target Audience:
Art house cinema enthusiasts, Mystery thriller fans, Existential drama lovers
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Despair → Revelation

I Come with the Rain

2009-05-14
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Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.

Genres
Thriller, Mystery
Cast
Josh Hartnett, Elias Koteas, Takuya Kimura, Lee Byung-hun, Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Shawn Yue, Eusebio Poncela, Sam Lee, Simón Andreu, Thea Aquino
Crew
Trần Anh Hùng, Trần Anh Hùng
Rating
5.6(63 votes)
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