Indochine ( Indochina )

Indochine (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Alternate Title: Indochina
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
Goya Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
153 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Régis Wargnier

Written By:
Erik Orsenna (original scenario & adaptation and dialogue) &
Louis Gardel (original scenario & adaptation and dialogue) .

Actors:
Catherine Deneuve ..... Eliane
Vincent Perez ..... Jean-Baptiste
Linh Dan Pham ..... Camille
Jean Yanne ..... Guy
Dominique Blanc ..... Yvette
Henri Marteau ..... Emile
Carlo Brandt ..... Castellani
Gérard Lartigau ..... L'Admiral
Hubert Saint-Macary ..... Raymond
Andrzej Seweryn ..... Hebrard
Mai Chau ..... Shen
Alain Fromager ..... Dominique
Chu Hung ..... Mari de Sao
Jean-Baptiste Huynh ..... Étienne, adulte
Thibault de Montalembert ..... Charles-Henri

Synopsis:

Regis Wargnier's epic about French Indochina -- from the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself felt and the country became known as Vietnam -- is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. The film centers on the relationship of the beautiful and imperious Eliane (Catherine Deneuve), a French rubber-plantation owner, and Camille (Linh Dan Pham), her adopted Indochinese daughter. The mother and daughter are very close until a diffident naval officer, Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez) enters their lives. Eliane is in love with him, but Jean-Baptiste and Camille become attracted to each other and fall in love. Thinking that she is doing Camille a favor, Eliane arranges to have Jean-Baptiste transferred to the far-away Tonkin Islands. But Camille flees the plantation to go to the man she loves. As she travels the country, she gains a greater knowledge and respect for the people of her homeland. When the government tears her from Jean-Baptiste and their infant child and arrests her for crimes against the state, she becomes politicized and becomes a supporter of the communists in the country's civil war. As the country rocks in turmoil, Eliane becomes a personification of France, coolly walking amid her peasant workers, neither bowed nor afraid, grimly looking westward.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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