6.0
Nathalie Granger
1973
“A great film from a mysterious world”
Indochine (1992)
April 15, 19922h 39mFR
7.0
233 votes
Overview
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.
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Régis WargnierWriters
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Original Language
French
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Revenue
$29.6M
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Bac FilmsParadis FilmsOrly FilmsLa Générale d'ImagesTF1 Films ProductionCiné Cinq
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CinemaSerf
7.0This 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 impres…
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