Director: Régis Wargnier
Screenplay:
Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen, Régis Wargnier
Cinematographer: François Catonné
Editing: Agnès Schwab, Geneviève Winding
Music: Patrick Doyle
Casting:
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Pérez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Alain Fromager, Dominique Blanc
Production:
Bac Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, Paradis Films, Ciné cinq
Distribution:
Tamasa Distribution
5, rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
Tel: 0033 1 43 59 01 01
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 1992
35 mm, Color, 159 min,
OV Vietnamese with French subtitles
Multi awarded in many international film festivals / Oscar for Best Foreign Movie in 1993
In Indochina, in the thirties, Eliane Devries and her father Emile run a rubber plantation. She has adopted an orphan, Camille, an Annamese princess. Both of them soon fall in love with Jean-Baptiste, a young naval officer. At the same time, against the background of prevailing nationalism, the first attempts on French people’s lives are made.
“There are few places in the world having such a hold over people like Vietnam. We were all haunted when we came back from there, full of respect and friendship.” Erik Orsenna
