The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer, Daniel, and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola, at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Michael and Louise hope that some time spent working in an exotic location will help reignite the passion in their floundering marriage. Instead they become unwittingly involved in the personal, sexual and political tensions of their hosts. Daniel is desperate to hold onto a way of life no longer possible in a country struggling for independence, bringing him into conflict with not only his daughter but also with his adopted country.
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Cast
9 people
Saskia Reeves
Louise Duffield
Known for
Slow Horses
Luther
Robert Reynolds
Michael Duffield
Known for
Warm Bodies
Clown
Sami Frey
Daniel Renouard
Known for
Band of Outsiders
The Truth
Jacqueline McKenzie
Viola Renouard
Known for
The 4400
Deep Blue Sea
Thierry Marquet
Captain Brochard
Tất Bình
Vietminh Captain
Also in
Indochine
The Town Within Reach
Lý Thái Dũng
Vietminh Executioner
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Lệ Thi
Bao’s Grandmother
Also in
Song Lang
Ngọc Đặng
Bao’s Grandfather
Also in
The White Silk Dress
The Long Journey
Pauline Chan Director · Robert Carter Writer Kate Grenville Author
Worldwide gross $130K · Budget $2.4M · United States release December 1, 1995
Box office
Budget
$2,380,000
Worldwide gross
$130,500
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Ayer Productions
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Vietnamese
Release dates
Australia · August 11, 1994
Theatrical
United States · December 1, 1995
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles
Australia
January 1, 1995 · Physical · VHS
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