Indochine

Indochine

A great film from a mysterious world

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Release Date

4/15/1992

Runtime

159 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$29,600,000

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A sweeping historical romance that tangles personal passion with the violent upheaval of colonial Indochina, asking what love means when empire itself is crumbling. Lush and operatic, it measures the cost of desire against the weight of historical inevitability.

Mood

RomanticMelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

LoveColonialismFamilyIdentityPower

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epicNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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Graphic violence

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