Indochine 1992

Release date

04/15/1992

Directors

Régis Wargnier

Writers

Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier, Erik Orsenna

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.

vietnam civil war love of one's life parent child relationship nationalism adoption arranged marriage plantation longing saigon naval officer indochina extramarital affair vietnamese theater troupe french colonialism exotic locale 1940s 1950s 1930s adopted daughter french navy revolutionaries nationalist separatism powerful woman harvest workers tragic heroine plantation owner french indochina war indochine rubber plantation fugitive lovers mother and daughter love same man french naval officer