"Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement."
Catherine Deneuve
as Eliane Devries
Vincent Perez
as Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
Linh-Dan Pham
as Camille
Jean Yanne
as Guy Asselin
Dominique Blanc
as Yvette
Alain Fromager
as Dominique
Eric Nguyen
as Tanh
Jean-Baptiste Huynh
as Etienne (Adult)
Henri Marteau
as Emile Devries
Carlo Brandt
as Castellani
Gérard Lartigau
as L'Admiral
Hubert Saint-Macary
as Raymond
Andrzej Seweryn
as Hebrard
Mai Chau
as Shen
Chu Hung
as Mari de Sao
Thibault de Montalembert
as Charles-Henri
Thinh Trinh
as Minh
Thi Hoe Tranh Huu Trieu
as Mme. Minh Tam
Michel Voïta
as Edmont de Beaufort
Régis Wargnier
Screenplay
Erik Orsenna
Louis Gardel
François Catonné
Director of Photography
Geneviève Winding
Editor
Jacques Bufnoir
Production Design
Jean Labadie
Producer
Éric Heumann
Patrick Doyle
Original Music Composer
Director
Agnès Schwab
Catherine Cohen
Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci
Jérôme Lévy
Foley
Art Direction
Emmanuel Paulin
Camera Operator
Francine Cathelain
Script
Carlo Poggioli
Assistant Costume Designer
Périne Barre
Set Decoration
Sylvain Chauvelot
Eric Ferret
Marc Balzarelli
Chris Gandois
Choreographer
Jacques Monge
Julie Jouaffre
Sound Editor
Eric Wiser
Pascal Mazière
Katrina Heaulme
Pierre Amzallag
Casting
Errol Kelly
Jean-Marie Leroy
Still Photographer
Jean-Paul Meurisse
Roy Prendergast
Music Editor
Claudine Taulère
Philippe Hubin
Special Effects
Patrice Grisolet
Laurent Soulet
Marie-Noëlle Zurstrassen
Lal Harindranath
Assistant Art Director