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Indochine
1991
A passionate story of a French mother and her adopted daughter who fall in love with the same soldier during the communist revolution in colonial Vietnam. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Catherine Deneuve. Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film. Read more
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc |
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| Director | Regis Wargnier |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Indochine
A passionate story of a French mother and her adopted daughter who fall in love with the same soldier during the communist revolution in colonial Vietnam. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Catherine Deneuve. Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film.
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Carlo Brandt, Gerard Lartigau, Henri Marteau, Linh Dan Pham |
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| Director | Regis Wargnier |
| Studio | ARROW FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | French |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jul 2001 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Winner of the Oscar for best foreign language film, this epic drama set in French Indochina in the 1930s also won five Césars, including best actress for the imperious Catherine Deneuve and best supporting actress for Dominique Blanc. Having hooked us on a melodramatic love triangle involving Deneuve, her teenage daughter and a handsome naval officer, the picture plunges us into a breathless adventure as the daughter encounters the brutal realities of French rule when she follows the officer to his far-flung base. Newcomers Vincent Perez and Linh Dan Pham handle multifaceted roles with great aplomb.
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Before Vietnam, there was Indochina; before the Americans, the French. The languorous first half of Wargnier's epic... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Disapponting
Indochine is set in 1930s Vietnam at a time when French colonial rule is beginning to crumble and Communist rebellion is rife. The film is set around a love triangle involving a rubber plantation owner, her daughter and a young naval officer, which tears the family apart and leads to danger for all concerned.
Although there are some good parts to this film, I was ultimately disappointed. I read som good reviews but found the film slow, too long and largely uninspiring. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Oscar Winner - but all over the shop....
Drawn to this one by Catherine Deneuve and the '93 Oscar for best foreign language film...this one deliveries on all but a compelling story line. The scenery is stunning, photography, sets are spectacular and the cast good-looking but the narrative fails to engage.
Sunday afternoon, box of chocolates or a tub of Häagen-Dazs type of movie - sit back and relax on one of these dark rainy days and it might just deliver five stars to you especially if Vincent Perez lights up your day - unfortunately, he's not really my cup of green tea. -
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