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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release:
April 1992
Production:
Investimage 3, Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, Ciné Cinq, La Générale d'Images, Sofinergie 2, Sofica Sofinergie, CNC, TF1 Films Production, StudioCanal, Canal+, Le Club des Investisseurs, Club des Investissments, Cofim
Cast:
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Alain Fromager, Eric Nguyen, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Henri Marteau, Carlo Brandt, Gérard Lartigau, Hubert Saint-Macary, Andrzej Seweryn, Mai Chau, Chu Hùng, Thibault de Montalembert, Thinh Trinh, Thi Hoe Tranh Huu Trieu, Michel Voïta, Ngo Quang Hai, Tất Bình
Tags:
vietnam, civil war, love of one's life, parent child relationship, nationalism, adoption, arranged marriage, plantation, longing, saigon, naval officer, indochina, extramarital affair, vietnamese, theater troupe, french colonialism, exotic locale, 1940s, 1950s, 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
