The read
Scores higher than 73% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 39m.
Synopsis
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form 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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
241 audience votes
Key crew
- Régis WargnierDirector
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
- Erik OrsennaScreenplay
- Louis GardelScreenplay
- Catherine CohenScreenplay
- Régis WargnierScreenplay
Cast
- Catherine DeneuveEliane Devries
- Vincent PerezJean-Baptiste Le Guen
- Linh-Dan PhamCamille
- Jean YanneGuy Asselin
- Dominique BlancYvette
- Alain FromagerDominique
- Eric NguyenTanh
- Jean-Baptiste HuynhEtienne (Adult)
- Henri MarteauEmile Devries
- Carlo BrandtCastellani
- Gérard LartigauL'Admiral
- Hubert Saint-MacaryRaymond
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Themes
vietnamcivil warlove of one's lifeparent child relationshipnationalismadoptionarranged marriageplantationlongingsaigonnaval officerindochina
The Best Movies of 1992
Indochine is #43 of 60
