Indochine

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Summary: A Glimpse Of Vietnam at the End of the French Period
Review: This film encompasses many themes, and is overall a very fufilling movie. I really found this movie inspirational in my studies of french. This movie really teaches one who is interested in the end of the French Colonization of Vietnam. The symbolic relationship of Catherine Deneuve with her adopted daughter is particularly moving when you examine it on two levels. One, the emotional seperation of a mother from her daughter. Two, this seperation also illustrates the Vietnamese people's choice to turn away from the French rule. In essence, when the daughter chooses to leave her french mother, it displays the choice to become one with her people and to turn away from the ideals even of her adpoted mother. Overall I believe that this movie is one which should be viewed by all those who are interested in Vietnam and the signifigance of the French colonization there.

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Summary: Noblesse Oblige!
Review: Catherine Deneuve could not have been better chosen for the role she played in this film. She perfectly plays the the dualistic roles of colonial mistress and passionate lover.

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Summary: A breathtaking story of love and loss
Review: As I watched Indochine, I couldn't help but fall in love with all the characters. Deneuve puts on an amazing performance. The scenery, cinematography and acting all contribute to make one of the best french films created. It is a film I can watch over and over, shedding tears each time. I recommend it for anyone interested in being taken in by a poignant and moving history.

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Summary: A beautiful tale in a beautiful and unknown Vietnam.
Review: I found the story and the sceneries of South Asia so beautiful that they haunted my dreams for a while! This movie at least shows a unknown and beautiful vietnam that we didn't expect to see. The actors are great. I forgot: is this a true story?

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Summary: Beautiful, touching, educational, moving
Review: The actors were wonderful - the love and passion among the characters seemed so real. Vincent Perez is just amazing. The events of Indochina couldn't be told better.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This movie dramatically tells the story of a colonial country struggling to come to terms with its own independence, without slipping from the 1st world to the 3rd, by focusing on a westerner's view of family and love. Too late, Catherine DeNeuve's character discovers that she must let her daughter grow up, just as too late France discovered it too had to let go of IndoChina. As a result of that failure to give up control, relationships and lives are devastated and violence errupts. In addition to great acting, the movie shows the beautifil lands of the East.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: Indochine is a very good film. The cinematography is great, and the performances, and set design stand alone. Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient" is a good companion piece to this film. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER REVIEWS.

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Summary: If only the film had been as good as Deneuve....
Review: The ever-watchable Catherine Deneuve gives a complex, subtle performance in this Best Foreign Film Oscar winner which chronicles the fall of Indochina through the eyes of one of its last colonical landowners (Deneuve). The story is pretty much pulp: Deneuve raises IndoChinese daughter of deceased friends, has an affiar with a young French officer, who saves the life of her daughter, who falls in love with the officer also and....oh, never mind. The political backdrop is far more interesting but isn't given nearly enough screen time or exposition in spite of the film's 155 minute running time. Nevertheless, it is well crafted and Deneuve is always a joy to watch; I just wish the film had used the political context of the somewhat overripe story to better effect.

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Summary: Great for learning and entertainment!
Review: Indochine is one of the best movies ever made. You learn about both history and culture. This movie is amazingly put together! It is definitely a movie you can view over and over again. Truly a masterpiece!

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Summary: TR'ES BIEN
Review: Indochine is full of strength beauty ; it is a revolutionary masterpiece in french movies . The leading actress Catherine Deneuve is so perfect ; she is as beautiful as ever. Indochine is one of the best movies in 90` .