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Dust of Empire
1983 7.6 (7 votes) 1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Uranium Films
France 3 Cinéma

Dust of Empire (Poussière d'empire)

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...

Key Crew

Director: Lâm Lê

Producer: Yves Gasser

Writer: Henry Colomer, Lâm Lê

Top Cast

Dominique Sanda
Dominique Sanda

Missionary

Jean-François Stévenin
Jean-François Stévenin

Sergeant Tam-Tam

Thang-Long

The carpenter

Yann Roussel
Yann Roussel

Eurasian Man

Anne Canovas
Anne Canovas

French Woman

Lan Hoang

Vietnamese Woman

Myriam Mézières
Myriam Mézières

Singer

Tra Huu Phuc

The young messenger

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