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Story

Synopsis

The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer, Daniel, and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola, at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Michael and Louise hope that some time spent working in an exotic location will help reignite the passion in their floundering marriage. Instead they become unwittingly involved in the personal, sexual and political tensions of their hosts. Daniel is desperate to hold onto a way of life no longer possible in a country struggling for independence, bringing him into conflict with not only his daughter but also with his adopted country.

Director

Pauline Chan

Writers

Pauline Chan, Robert Carter, Kate Grenville

Language

English

Country

Australia

Release date

11 August 1994

Budget

$2,380,000

Ensemble

Cast

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  Saskia Reeves

  Louise Duffield

• 

  Robert Reynolds

  Michael Duffield

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  Sami Frey

  Daniel Renouard

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  Jacqueline McKenzie

  Viola Renouard

• Thierry Marquet

  Captain Brochard

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  Tất Bình

  Vietminh Captain

• 

  Lý Thái Dũng

  Vietminh Executioner

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  Lệ Thi

  Bao’s Grandmother

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  Ngọc Đặng

  Bao’s Grandfather