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.| Status: | Released (1992-04-15) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 13 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $5,603,158 |
| Screen: | Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen |
| Productions: | Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq |
| Production Countries: | France, Vietnam, Malaysia |
| Spoken Languages: | Français, Tiếng Việt |
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Casts
- 50: Catherine Deneuve - Eliane Devries
- 20239: Vincent Perez - Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
- 19115: Linh-Dan Pham - Camille
- 24381: Jean Yanne - Guy Asselin
- 19068: Dominique Blanc - Yvette
- 27615: Alain Fromager - Dominique
- 27616: Eric Nguyen - Tanh
Crews
- 27614: Régis Wargnier - Director - Directing
- 27724: Catherine Cohen - Screenplay - Writing
- 27721: Geneviève Winding - Editor - Editing
- 27717: Agnès Schwab - Editor - Editing
- 27716: François Catonné - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1966: Jacques Bufnoir - Production Design - Art
- 27722: Erik Orsenna - Screenplay - Writing
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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 adop ....
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