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Dust of Empire (1983)
Directed by Lâm Lê
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…
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Dominique Sanda | Jean-François Stévenin | Thang-Long | Yann Roussel | Anne Canovas | Lan Hoang | Myriam Mézières | Tra Huu Phuc | Lê Cung Bắc | Lê Vinh | Lâm Lê