Poussière d'empire (1983)

Poussière d'empire (1983). 1h 43m

“In Vietnam in the 50s, before Dien Bien Phu, a sergeant and a sister show religious films to the peasantry but are surrounded by Viet Minh in a rainstorm and later shot. Meanwhile a North Vietnamese soldier tries to get a message through to his wife in Saigon.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCurious amalgam of stories which completely changes direction halfway through. By looking at the Vietnamese suffering in microcosm it achieves a certain vividness and a touch of mysticism.”