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Dust of Empire (1983)
Directed by Lâm Lê
Drama · 1h 43m
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...
Cast
Dominique Sanda
Missionary
Jean-François Stévenin
Sergeant Tam-Tam
T
Thang-Long
The carpenter
Yann Roussel
Eurasian Man
Anne Canovas
French Woman
L
Lan Hoang
Vietnamese Woman
Myriam Mézières
Singer
T
Tra Huu Phuc
The young messenger
L
Lê Cung Bắc
The escapee
Lê Vinh
The mute child
Lâm Lê
Dao the maquisard
Crew
- Director
- Lâm Lê
- Writer
- Lâm Lê, Henry Colomer
- Editor
- Catherine Renault
- Producer
- Yves Gasser
Details
- Original title
- Poussière d'empire
- Release date
- 1983-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Uranium Films, France 3 Cinéma