Dust of Empire (1983)
Synopsis
In 1954, escorted by a sergeant, a French nun travels through Tonkin, spreading the good Catholic word as she goes. A mute child leads her to a remote village. Installed at a carpenter, the travelers prepare the projection material indispensable to their propaganda. At nightfall, in a storm, a group of maquisards surrounded the house. Fortunately, the carpenter is a respected man. The attackers withdraw. After a sudden rise in water, the mute child loses the precious message that had been entrusted to him by a wounded maquis...
Release Date: 1983-10-05
Runtime: 103 minutes
Director: Lâm Lê
Top Cast
- Dominique Sanda as Missionary
- Jean-François Stévenin as Sergeant Tam-Tam
- Thang-Long as The carpenter
- Yann Roussel as Eurasian Man
- Anne Canovas as French Woman
- Lan Hoang as Vietnamese Woman
- Myriam Mézières as Singer
- Tra Huu Phuc as The young messenger
- Lê Cung Bắc as The escapee
- Lê Vinh as The mute child
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