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Indochine

Movie · 1992 · 154 min

A sweeping, bittersweet colonial epic that moves slowly through decades of love, loss and revolution, leaving a lingering ache.

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1992 film by Régis Wargnier
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Year
1992
Runtime
154 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • colonialism
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • politics
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, war, romance
Directed by
Régis Wargnier
Written by
Érik Orsenna, Régis Wargnier, Louis Gardel, Alain Le Henry
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Dominique Blanc, Jean Yanne, Andrzej Seweryn, Linh Dan Pham, Thibault de Montalembert, Hubert Saint-Macary
Music
Patrick Doyle
Cinematography
François Catonné
Runtime
154 min
Country
France
Languages
French, Vietnamese

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