Indochine (1992)

Regisseur:

Régis Wargnier

Drehbuchautoren:

Erik Orsenna (original scenario & adaptation and dialogue) &
Louis Gardel (original scenario & adaptation and dialogue) ...

Premierendatum:

23. Dezember 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze | Kriegsfilm

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Police Corruption | Colonialism | Indochina | Racism | Adoption

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Forget the Maltin comment about tripe

Besetzung

Catherine Deneuve	...	Eliane
Vincent Perez	...	Jean-Baptiste
Linh Dan Pham	...	Camille
Jean Yanne	...	Guy
Dominique Blanc	...	Yvette
Henri Marteau	...	Emile
Carlo Brandt	...	Castellani
Gérard Lartigau	...	L'Admiral
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Raymond (as Hubert Saint Macary)
Andrzej Seweryn	...	Hebrard
Mai Chau	...	Shen
Alain Fromager	...	Dominique
Chu Hung	...	Mari de Sao
Jean-Baptiste Huynh	...	Étienne, adulte
Thibault de Montalembert	...	Charles-Henri (as Thibault De Montalembert)

Alternativ:

Indochina (USA)
Indochine (USA)

Länge:

Argentina:148 Min (cut version) | France:159 Min | Spain:159 Min | USA:153 Min (cut version)

Produktionsland:

France

Sprache:

Französisch | Vietnamesisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.66 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:14 | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

France

Firma:

Paradis Films

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: 42m 19s: One raw block of rubber reappears on the table after it has already been fed through the flattening machine.

Dialogzitate:

Jean-Baptiste: At age ten one doesn't know the world needs to be changed.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Holiday (2006)

Forget the Maltin comment about tripe

After seeing The Scent of Green Papaya, I was not expecting much, just a vehicle for Catherine Deneuve. And while it most definitely is that, it is also so much more.

The stunning cinematography, the elegant score, and the epic love story set against the turbulent colonial times. I was quite taken with the myriad plot twists. Too bad our high schooler has a 3minute attention span.

This is a very real depiction of colonialism. One reviewer noted the maternalism of Deneuve's character while pointing out the brutality of the slave sellers. People expecting a total condemnation of colonialism or a total condemnation of communism just don't see the gray between the black and white. Unfortunately, only Europeans could have made this movie. There is no didactic viewpoint, which is why some Americans don't react well to it. While the ending is a bit flat, it still doesn't detract from the fact that this was a great movie.

One of the little pleasures of this movie is listening to the Vietnamese housemaid's pidgin French and reading the subtitled translation. While movies like The Scent of Green Papaya are wonderful and deserve all the accolades they are accorded, this movie is very underrated. Green Papaya is a nice cultural experience but it can't come close to Indochine for grit and history. 3 1/2 stars out of 4.