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Article: Indochine.
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- Cineaste
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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Produced by Eric Heumann and Jean Labadie; directed by Regis Wargnier; screenplay by Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen and Regis Wargnier; cinematography by Frangois Catonne; costume design by Gabriella Pescucci and Pierre-Yves Gayraud; music by Patrick Doyle; starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne and Dominique Blanc. Color, 155 mins. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
Simplistic dichotomies often mark narratives of colonization, particularly those produced by the imperialist colonizer. The recent French feature Indochine is no exception. Portraying the final fifteen years of French rule in Vietnam, the film operates within ...