East/West 1999
Régis Wargnier
Indochine
A great film from a mysterious world
Rating
7.0 The Film
Indochine
A great film from a mysterious world
The Story
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.
french naval officer mother and daughter love same man fugitive lovers rubber plantation indochine french indochina war plantation owner tragic heroine harvest workers powerful woman nationalist separatism revolutionaries french navy adopted daughter 1930s 1950s 1940s exotic locale french colonialism theater troupe vietnamese extramarital affair indochina naval officer saigon longing plantation arranged marriage adoption nationalism parent child relationship love of one's life civil war vietnam
Cast & Crew
The Ensemble
Gallery
The Stills.
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