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Dust of Empire is a film of genre Drama directed by Lam Lê with Dominique Sanda
Dust of Empire (1983)
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Add to a movie listDirected by Lam Lê
Genres Drama
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Histoire de France
Rating57%
Poussière d'empire est un film français réalisé par Lam Lê et sorti en 1983.
Synopsis
L'action du film se déroule dans les dernières années de l'Indochine française. La première partie suit les parcours d'une nonne et d'un militaire. Dans la seconde partie, un combattant Việt Minh prisonnier confie à un évadé un message d'amour pour sa jeune femme enceinte. Le message est transmis à un enfant qui l'inscrit sur un papier, transmet le papier à une Française qui rentre en France avec les maîtres de la femme du prisonnier. 25 ans passent avant que ce message, passé de main en main puis oublié, soit redécouvert à Paris, où la femme du prisonnier habite désormais. Leur fille revient alors au Vietnam, décidée à refaire l'itinéraire de ce papier dispersé au fil de l'histoire tragique de son pays.Actors
Dominique Sanda
(Missionary)
Jean-François Stévenin
(Sergeant Tam-Tam)
Myriam Mézières
(Singer)
Anne Canovas
(French Woman)
Lam Lê
(Dao the maquisard)
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