Paradis Films / La Générale d'Images / Bac Films / Orly Films / Ciné 5
AWARDS
1992: Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture. 2 Nominations 1992: Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture 1992: Nominada BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Picture 1992: 5 Awards Cesar, including Actress (Deneuve), Cinematography, Editing. 12 Nominations 1992: Goya: Best European Movie 1992: National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Picture
Regis Wargnier's epic about French Indochina -- from the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself felt and the country became known as Vietnam -- is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. The film centers on the relationship of the beautiful and imperious Eliane (Catherine Deneuve), a French rubber-plantation owner, and Camille (Linh Dan Pham), her adopted Indochinese daughter. The mother and daughter are very close until a diffident naval officer, Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez) enters their lives. Eliane is in love with him, but Jean-Baptiste and Camille become attracted to each other and fall in love. Thinking that she is doing Camille a favor, Eliane arranges to have Jean-Baptiste transferred to the far-away Tonkin Islands. But Camille flees the plantation to go to the man she loves. As she travels the country, she gains a greater knowledge and respect for the people of her homeland. When the government tears her from Jean-Baptiste and their infant child and arrests her for crimes against the state, she becomes politicized and becomes a supporter of the communists in the country's civil war. As the country rocks in turmoil, Eliane becomes a personification of France, coolly walking amid her peasant workers, neither bowed nor afraid, grimly looking westward. (Paul Brenner: All Movie Guide)
PRO REVIEWS
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"Catherine Deneuve reigns in 'Indochine'. (...) The subject is potentially rich, but the screenplay, whomped up by three screenwriters in collaboration with Regis Wargnier, the director, has neither the conviction of fact, the sense of revelation found in good fiction, nor the fun of trashy literature. (Vincent Canby: The New York Times) ----------------------------------------
"A riveting romantic saga, thanks to Catherine Deneuve's classy performance, a sizzling story line and eye-catching locales in Vietnam." (Variety) ----------------------------------------
"A lethargic opium dream of colonial Vietnam, "Indochine" looks back on French imperialism with a dramatically deadening spiritual fatigue. (...) Clearly Wargnier (...) has a fondness for extended metaphors, preferring intellectual artifice over character development. None of his characters is particularly complex or consistent, (Rita Kempley: The Washington Post) ----------------------------------------
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Indochine (AKA Indochina)
