Dust of Empire

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 5, 1983

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

France 3 Cinéma,Uranium Films

Cast

Lan Hoang,Jean-François Stévenin,Lâm Lê,Lê Cung Bắc,Anne Canovas,Lê Vinh,Myriam Mézières,Yann Roussel,Tra Huu Phuc,Dominique Sandaand 1 more

Director

Lâm Lê

Writer

Lâm Lê,Henry Colomer

Producer

Yves Gasser

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0170441