Indochine

1992 159 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Romance

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.

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Eliane Devries

Vincent Perez

Jean-Baptiste Le Guen

Linh-Dan Pham

Camille

Jean Yanne

Guy Asselin

Dominique Blanc

Yvette

Alain Fromager

Dominique

Eric Nguyen

Tanh

Jean-Baptiste Huynh

Etienne (Adult)

Henri Marteau

Emile Devries

Carlo Brandt

Castellani

Details

Director

Régis Wargnier

Screenplay

Erik Orsenna

Tagline

"A great film from a mysterious world"

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Revenue

$29,600,000

Production

Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

April 21, 2024

★ 7/10

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,...