Indochine
- Drama
- Romance
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form 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.
- Directed by
- Régis Wargnier
- Written by
- Catherine Cohen, Erik Orsenna, Régis Wargnier, Louis Gardel
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
Keywords
- 1930s
- arranged marriage
- 1940s
- 1950s
- parent child relationship
- plantation
- love of one's life
- revolutionaries
- vietnam
- adoption
- nationalism
- civil war
- vietnamese
- longing
- extramarital affair
- saigon
- indochina
- adopted daughter
- naval officer
- plantation owner
- french colonialism
- theater troupe
- exotic locale
- french navy
- nationalist separatism
- powerful woman
- harvest workers
- tragic heroine
- french indochina war
- indochine