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Dust of Empire (1983)

Dust of Empire (1983)

Drama
Release Date: 1983, October 5
Directors: Lâm Lê
Countries: France
Production: Uranium Films, France 3 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma
Cast: Dominique Sanda, Thang-Long, Myriam Mézières, Jean-François Stévenin, Le Vinh, Anne Canovas, Yann Roussel, Lan Hoang, Tra Huu Phuc

Overview:

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...