Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 159 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Vietnam, Malaysia
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
- vietnam
- civil war
- love of one's life
- parent child relationship
- nationalism
- adoption
- arranged marriage
- plantation
- longing
- saigon
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Catherine Deneuve
Eliane Devries
Vincent Perez
Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
Linh-Dan Pham
Camille
Jean Yanne
Guy Asselin
- Dominique Blanc — Yvette
- Alain Fromager — Dominique
- Eric Nguyen — Tanh
- Jean-Baptiste Huynh — Etienne (Adult)
- Henri Marteau — Emile Devries
- Carlo Brandt — Castellani
- Gérard Lartigau — L'Admiral
- Hubert Saint-Macary — Raymond
- Andrzej Seweryn — Hebrard
- Mai Chau — Shen
- Chu Hùng — Mari de Sao
- Directed
- Régis Wargnier
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 241 ratings
- Studio
- Bac Films, Paradis Films, Orly Films, La Générale d'Images, TF1 Films Production, Ciné Cinq
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