DramaRomance

Indochine

- A great film from a mysterious world

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.

Release Date : 1992-04-15

Language :FrenchVietnamese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Investimage 3Bac FilmsParadis FilmsOrly FilmsCiné CinqLa Générale d'ImagesSofinergie 2Club des InvestissmentsSofica SofinergieCNCCanal+

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Eliane Devries

Original Name : Catherine Deneuve

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean-Baptiste Le Guen

Original Name : Vincent Perez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camille

Original Name : Linh-Dan Pham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guy Asselin

Original Name : Jean Yanne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yvette

Original Name : Dominique Blanc

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dominique

Original Name : Alain Fromager

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tanh

Original Name : Eric Nguyen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Etienne (Adult)

Original Name : Jean-Baptiste Huynh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emile Devries

Original Name : Henri Marteau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Castellani

Original Name : Carlo Brandt

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'Admiral

Original Name : Gérard Lartigau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raymond

Original Name : Hubert Saint-Macary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hebrard

Original Name : Andrzej Seweryn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shen

Original Name : Mai Chau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mari de Sao

Original Name : Chu Hung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles-Henri

Original Name : Thibault de Montalembert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minh

Original Name : Thinh Trinh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mme. Minh Tam

Original Name : Thi Hoe Tranh Huu Trieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edmont de Beaufort

Original Name : Michel Voïta

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-21

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 adopts young local "Camille" (Linh-Dan Pham) whose powerful parents were her friends before her father was assassinated, purportedly by the communist insurgents. The arrival of the handsome young naval officer "Le Guen" (Vincent Perez) sets the cat amongst the pigeons as he takes a shine to the mother whilst the impressionable young daughter takes a liking to him. Now set against the increasingly turbulent environment, the story develops slowly illustrating how this trio must adapt to the increasingly dangerous political and emotional situation that was emerging. This is a little too long and the pace can be glacial at times, but Deneuve exudes a sophisticated plausibility with her character. As local as the locals by birth, but then again, a part of the oppressing ruling class whom the people increasingly wanted rid of. Perez is every inch the handsome and charming sailor who comes along just as both women are experiencing different sorts of vulnerability and the young Linh-Dan Pham also delivers well as her innocent young eyes are opened to the harsher truths of love, her past and her future. The cinematography captures really well the poverty and the luxury, the brightness and the beauty of the community as it emerges into a new phase of self-control and determination. It can be delicate and it can be brutal, and it does demonstrate just how cynically we from the West managed to keep these benign cultures under the thumb for so long.