Indochine [videorecording] / BAC Films ; Paradis Films et la Generale d'Images presentent une coproduction Paradis Films ... [et al.] ; scenario original, adaptation, dialogue, Erik Orsenna ... [et al.] ; produit par Eric Heumann et Jean Labadie ; un film de Regis Wargnier.

Contributor(s): Orsenna, Erik, 1947- | Heumann, Eric [pro.] | Labadie, Jean [pro.] | Wargnier, Régis [drt.] | Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- [act.] | Perez, Vincent, 1962- [act.] | Pham, Dan Linh [act.] | Yanne, Jean [act.] | Blanc, Dominique, 1962- [act.] | Marteau, Henri [act.] | Catonné, François | Winding, Geneviève | Schwab, Agnès | Doyle, Patrick, 1953- | Pescucci, Gabriella | B.A.C. Films | Paradis film (Firm) | Generale d'Images (Firm) | Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) [pbl.] | Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 27239 | Columbia TriStar Home VideoLanguage: French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : [s.l.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video ; Sony Pictures Classics, [1999]Edition: Extended international versionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (19 cm.)ISBN: 9780767828093; 0767828097Subject(s): Geneva Conference (1954) -- Drama | Feature films | Foreign films | Motion pictures, French | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Imperialism -- Drama | Mothers and daughters -- Indochina -- Drama | Communists -- Indochina -- Drama | Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Drama | Indochina -- History -- Drama | Indochina -- Politics and government -- Drama | France -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. Production credits: Photography, Francois Catonne; sets, Jacques Bufnoir; editors, Genevieve Winding, Agnes Schwab; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume design, Gabriella Pescucci.Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, 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 Eliane, 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, Eliane's past lover.
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Originally released as motion picture in 1992.

Special features: theatrical trailers for Orlando and Farinelli, talent files on the director (Wargnier) and two cast members (Deneuve and Perez), production notes.

Photography, Francois Catonne; sets, Jacques Bufnoir; editors, Genevieve Winding, Agnes Schwab; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume design, Gabriella Pescucci.

Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau.

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 Eliane, 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, Eliane's past lover.

Not rated.

DVD; 2-channel Dolby digital surround; widescreen version (1.85:1)

In French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

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