Indochine
A great film from a mysterious world
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
- Year: 1992
- Country: France, Vietnam, Malaysia
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq
- Keyword: 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
- Director: Régis Wargnier
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Alain Fromager
