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15/04/1992 Drama, Romance 2h 39m
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A great film from a mysterious world

Overview

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.

  1. Régis Wargnier

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Catherine Deneuve

    Eliane Devries

  2. Vincent Perez

    Jean-Baptiste Le Guen

  3. Linh-Dan Pham

    Camille

  4. Jean Yanne

    Guy Asselin

  5. Dominique Blanc

    Yvette

  6. Alain Fromager

    Dominique

  7. Eric Nguyen

    Tanh

  8. Jean-Baptiste Huynh

    Etienne (Adult)

  9. Henri Marteau

    Emile Devries

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-21
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 impre...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$29,600,000.00

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