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Sep 1, 1987 · Young Nina, a half Vietnamese, half French teenager--takes over her father's opium empire after he escapes to the Asian jungle while the French are forced out of Vietnam, Ho begins his takeover of the south, and America builds up its disastrous defense of the domino theory.
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- Christie Dickason
indochine by Christie Dickason ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1987 A sprawling romantic novel in the epic mode (first published in England last year under the title The Dragon Riders) about a half-caste heroine who finds love and adventure in a deeply atmospheric Vietnam.
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Oct 1, 2021 · Directed by Régis Wargnier, Indochine is a 1992 movie set in Vietnam during the 1930s to 1950s, when the country was a colony of France and the Nguyễn Dynasty monarchy was still reigning. The trailer of Indochine opens with a very impressive line that summaries the setting of the movie.
Nov 5, 2020 · Bridging the decades from the corruption-rife era of the French occupation to the violent years of the American invasion, Indochine tells, with cinematic intensity, of a lush country exploited from within and without, and of the mysterious Saigon, an open city where crime is the only means to survival and love is a luxury too dangerous to afford.
Readers are introduced to this history in the introduction to Indochine, where Nguyen explains how he meets 'Two [elderly] wise men of Hanoi', who shed light on how Vietnam originally became part of French Indochina, and the profound impact the French had on the Vietnamese way of life.
Dec 25, 1992 · Regis Wargnier’s lush and poignant “Indochine” (at the Royal and the Colorado) is a sweepingly romantic historical saga, at once intimate and epic, spanning the last quarter-century of French...
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Feb 5, 1993 · Indochine. 155 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1993. Roger Ebert. February 5, 1993. 3 min read. “Indochine” intends to be the French “Gone With The Wind,” a story of romance and separation, told against the backdrop of a ruinous war.
