Dust of Empire

In 1954, escorted by a sergeant, a French nun travels through Tonkin, spreading the good Catholic word as she goes. A mute child leads her to a remote village. Installed at a carpenter, the travelers prepare the projection material indispensable to their propaganda. At nightfall, in a storm, a group of maquisards surrounded the house. Fortunately, the carpenter is a respected man. The attackers withdraw. After a sudden rise in water, the mute child loses the precious message that had been entrusted to him by a wounded maquis...

• Lâm LêDirector
• Henry ColomerWriter
• Lâm LêWriter

• Dominique SandaMissionary
• Jean-François StéveninSergeant Tam-Tam
• Thang-LongThe carpenter
• Yann RousselEurasian Man
• Anne CanovasFrench Woman
• Lan HoangVietnamese Woman
• Myriam MézièresSinger
• Tra Huu PhucThe young messenger
• Lê Cung BắcThe escapee
• Lê VinhThe mute child
• Lâm LêDao the maquisard