Indochine

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.

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

as Eliane Devries

Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez

as Jean-Baptiste Le Guen

Linh-Dan Pham

Linh-Dan Pham

as Camille

Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne

as Guy Asselin

Dominique Blanc

Dominique Blanc

as Yvette

Alain Fromager

Alain Fromager

as Dominique

Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen

as Tanh

Jean-Baptiste Huynh

Jean-Baptiste Huynh

as Etienne (Adult)

Henri Marteau

Henri Marteau

as Emile Devries

Carlo Brandt

Carlo Brandt

as Castellani

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is a sort of French equivalent of the British Merchant Ivory films that showcases the decline of a colonial influence in the early 1950s tempered with a bit of inter-racial romance. This time it the wealthy "Éliane" (Catherine Deneuve) who owns a large rubber plantation and adopts young local "...

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