Drama · Romance
French
1992 · Directed by Régis Wargnier · 159 min
In 1930s French Indochina, a woman who runs a rubber plantation raises an adopted Vietnamese daughter. A young naval officer enters both their lives, and private passion becomes entangled with the pressure of a colonial order that is starting to give way. A lavish, emotional period drama.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining example of early-1990s French heritage cinema, and one of the few major European epics to look back at the French colonial era in Indochina from inside its private lives.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a family drama in which every private feeling is quietly shaped by who holds power over whom.
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