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.
DIRECTOR
CAST
Catherine Deneuve
Eliane Devries
Vincent Perez
Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
Linh-Dan Pham
Camille
Jean Yanne
Guy Asselin
Won 1 Oscar
Nominated for 2 Oscars
Language
Primary Language
Spoken Languages
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Budget
Not specified
Revenue
$29,600,000
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Keywords
vietnam
civil war
love of one's life
parent child relationship
nationalism
adoption
arranged marriage
plantation
longing
saigon
naval officer
indochina
extramarital affair
vietnamese
theater troupe
french colonialism
exotic locale
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
1940s
1950s
