| Edition |
Extended international version. |
| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation (1.85:1); 2-channel Dolby digital surround. |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Pérez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau. |
| Credits |
Photography, François Catonné; sets, Jacques Bufnoir; editors, Genevieve Winding, Agnes Schwab; music, Patrick Doyle. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1992. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Awards |
Academy Award: Best foreign language film, 1992. |
| Note |
Special features: theatrical trailers for Orlando and Farinelli, talent files on the director (Wargnier) and two cast members (Deneuve and Pérez), production notes. |
| Language |
In French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Indochina -- History -- Drama.
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Indochina. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Indochina -- Politics and government -- Drama.
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Politics and government. |
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Imperialism -- Drama.
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Imperialism. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Orsenna, Erik, 1947-
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Heumann, Eric.
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Labadie, Jean.
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Wargnier, Régis.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
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Perez, Vincent, 1964-
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Pham, Dan Linh.
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Yanne, Jean.
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Blanc, Dominique, 1956-
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Marteau, Henri.
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Catonné, François.
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Bufnoir, Jacques.
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Winding, Geneviève.
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Doyle, Patrick, 1953-
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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)
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0767828097 |
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9780767828093 |
| Standard No. |
043396272392 |
| Music No. |
27239 Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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