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Indochine( 1992)

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A great film from a mysterious world

Overview

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Catherine Deneuve

      Eliane Devries

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      Vincent Perez

      Jean-Baptiste Le Guen

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      Linh-Dan Pham

      Camille

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      Jean Yanne

      Guy Asselin

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      Dominique Blanc

      Yvette

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      Alain Fromager

      Dominique

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      Eric Nguyen

      Tanh

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      Jean-Baptiste Huynh

      Etienne (Adult)

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      Henri Marteau

      Emile Devries

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      Carlo Brandt

      Castellani

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      Gérard Lartigau

      L'Admiral

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      Hubert Saint-Macary

      Raymond

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      Andrzej Seweryn

      Hebrard

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      Mai Chau

      Shen

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      Chu Hung

      Mari de Sao

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      Thibault de Montalembert

      Charles-Henri

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      Thinh Trinh

      Minh

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      Thi Hoe Tranh Huu Trieu

      Mme. Minh Tam

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      Michel Voïta

      Edmont de Beaufort

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Apr 21 2024
    This is a sort of French equivalent of the British Merchant Ivory films that showcases the decline of a colonial influence in the early 1950s tempered with a bit of inter-racial romance. This time it the wealthy "Éliane" (Catherine Deneuve) who owns a large rubber plantation and adopts young local "Camille" (Linh-Dan Pham) whose powerful parents were her friends before her father was assassinated, purportedly by the communist insurgents. The arrival of the handsome young naval officer "Le Guen" (Vincent Perez) sets the cat amongst the pigeons as he takes a shine to the mother whilst the impress...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • vietnam
    • civil war
    • love of one's life
    • parent child relationship
    • communist
    • nationalism
    • adoption
    • arranged marriage
    • plantation
    • longing
    • saigon
    • naval officer
    • indochina
    • extramarital affair
    • vietnamese
    • theater troupe
    • french colonialism
    • exotic locale
    • 1930s
    • adopted daughter
    • french navy
    • revolutionaries
    • nationalist separatism
    • powerful woman
    • harvest workers
    • tragic heroine
    • plantation owner
    • french indochina war
    • indochine
    • rubber plantation
    • fugitive lovers
    • mother and daughter love same man
    • french naval officer