| Description |
1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation (1.85:1); 2-channel Dolby digital surround. |
| Language |
In French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau. |
| Credits |
Photography, Francois Catonne; sets, Jacques Bufnoir; editors, Genevieve Winding, Agnes Schwab; music, Patrick Doyle. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1992. |
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Special features: theatrical trailers for Orlando and Farinelli, talent files on the director (Wargnier) and two cast members (Deneuve and Perez), production notes. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| 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 Eliane, 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, Eliane's past lover. |
| Awards |
Academy Award: Best foreign language film, 1992. |
| Subject |
Indochina -- History -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Indochina -- Politics and government -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Foreign films -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures, French Videodiscs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Orsenna, Erik, 1947-
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Wargnier, Régis.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
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Perez, Vincent, 1962-
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Pham, Dan Linh.
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Yanne, Jean.
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Blanc, Dominique, 1962-
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Marteau, Henri.
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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 |
| Standard No. |
043396272392 |
| Music No. |
27239 Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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