Edition |
Extended international version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1992. |
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Special features: Talent files ; production notes ; bonus theatrical trailers. |
Credits |
Photography, François Catonné; sets, Jacques Bufnoir; editors, Genevieve Winding, Agnes Schwab; music, Patrick Doyle. |
Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Pérez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau. |
Summary |
Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference after having a child by French officer Jean-Baptiste, Éliane's past lover. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital surround; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
Awards |
Academy Award: Best foreign language film, 1992. |
Language |
French dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Imperialism -- Drama.
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Love -- Indochina -- Drama.
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Indochina -- Politics and government -- Drama.
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Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Drama.
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Indochina -- History -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Wargnier, Régis. Director.
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Orsenna, Erik, 1947-
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Heumann, Eric. Producer.
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Labadie, Jean. Producer.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- Actor.
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Perez, Vincent, 1964- Actor.
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Pham, Dan Linh. Actor.
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Yanne, Jean. Actor.
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Blanc, Dominique, 1956- Actor.
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Marteau, Henri. Actor.
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B.A.C. Films.
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Paradis film (Firm)
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Generale d'Images (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) Publisher.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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ISBN |
0767828097 |
Standard No. |
043396272392 |
Music No. |
27239 Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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