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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 15, 1992
Box Office
$29.6M
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 21, 2000
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq
Original Language
French
Keywords
civil war
parent child relationship
nationalism
love of one's life
adoption
arranged marriage
vietnam
plantation
longing
saigon
naval officer
indochina
extramarital affair
vietnamese
theater troupe
french colonialism
exotic locale
1940s
1950s
1930s
adopted daughter
french navy
revolutionaries
nationalist separatism
powerful woman
harvest workers
tragic heroine
plantation owner
french indochina war
indochine
rubber plantation
fugitive lovers
mother and daughter love same man
french naval officer
Cast
Full credits →C
Catherine Deneuve
Eliane Devries
V
Vincent Perez
Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
L
Linh-Dan Pham
Camille
J
Jean Yanne
Guy Asselin
D
Dominique Blanc
Yvette
A
Alain Fromager
Dominique
E
Eric Nguyen
Tanh
H
Henri Marteau
Emile Devries
C
Carlo Brandt
Castellani
G
Gérard Lartigau
L'Admiral
H
Hubert Saint-Macary
Raymond
A
Andrzej Seweryn
Hebrard
M
Mai Chau
Shen
C
Chu Hùng
Mari de Sao
T
Thibault de Montalembert
Charles-Henri
T
Thinh Trinh
Minh
M
Michel Voïta
Edmont de Beaufort
N
Ngo Quang Hai
Frère de On Dinh
T
Tất Bình
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