Indochine is a film that depicts some of the horrors and conflicts that occured during the independence of Vietnam. The main characters of the film are Elaine, a french woman, living in Vietnam. She owns a rubber factory and eventually takes in a young girl who lost her parents named Camille. In the beginning, we are also introduced to Jean Baptiste, a french naval officer who has early relations with Elaine. The Film seems to take the perspective from the Vietnamese side. It shows much of the violence coming from the french end and not so much from Vietnam end. Also, Jean Baptiste ends up following with the Vietnamese and fleeing from his french command to be with Camille.
The film also shows the French's sense of dominance over in Vietnam. For example, when Camille is traveling to find Jean Baptiste, the family she is with is shot because the French claim the family would not split up. This led to a riot and the killing of the family. Also, there is the scene when the french soldiers kill the communist worker fleeing. This man end up landing on Camille and knocking her unconscious. The major conflict in this film is between the French and the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese fight for independence. The film ends with a symbolic view of the independence of Vietnam, also showing the conflict from the Vietnamese side.
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Indochine is a film that depicts some of the horrors and conflicts that occurred during the independence of Vietnam. One of the main characters of the film is Elaine, a French woman, living in Vietnam. She owns a rubber factory and eventually takes in a young girl who lost her parents named Camille. Camille represents the Vietnamese nationalists in her defiance of her mother and yearning to learn about her culture. In the beginning, we are also introduced to Jean Baptiste, a French naval officer who has early relations with Elaine. These relations seem to show how the French and Vietnamese culture mixed together. Elaine had Vietnamese qualities and she mixed with the French qualities of Baptiste.
ReplyDeleteThe Film seems to take the perspective from the Vietnamese side. It shows much of the violence coming from the French end and not so much from Vietnam end. Also, Jean Baptiste ends up following with the Vietnamese and fleeing from his French command to be with Camille. The film also shows the French's sense of dominance over in Vietnam. For example, when Camille is traveling to find Jean Baptiste, the family she is with is shot because the French claim the family would not split up. This led to a riot and the killing of the family. Also, there is the scene when the French soldiers kill the communist worker fleeing. The major conflict in this film is between the French and the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese fight for independence. The film ends with a symbolic view of the independence of Vietnam, also showing the conflict from the Vietnamese side.