Movie
Indochine
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-04-15
- Runtime
- 159 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq
- Country
- France, Vietnam, Malaysia
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Eliane Devries
- Vincent Perez as Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
- Linh-Dan Pham as Camille
- Jean Yanne as Guy Asselin
- Dominique Blanc as Yvette
- Alain Fromager as Dominique
- Eric Nguyen as Tanh
- Jean-Baptiste Huynh as Etienne (Adult)
- Henri Marteau as Emile Devries
- Carlo Brandt as Castellani
- Gérard Lartigau as L'Admiral
- Hubert Saint-Macary as Raymond
Crew
- Régis Wargnier - Director
- Erik Orsenna - Screenplay
- Louis Gardel - Screenplay
- Catherine Cohen - Screenplay
- Régis Wargnier - Screenplay
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