Dust of Empire (1983)
Poussière d'empire
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...
Casting
- Dominique Sanda — Missionary
- Jean-François Stévenin — Sergeant Tam-Tam
- Thang-Long — The carpenter
- Yann Roussel — Eurasian Man
- Anne Canovas — French Woman
- Lan Hoang — Vietnamese Woman
- Myriam Mézières — Singer
- Tra Huu Phuc — The young messenger
- Lê Cung Bắc — The escapee
- Lê Vinh — The mute child
- Lâm Lê — Dao the maquisard
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Vietnam, Paris, and Lydia
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