Word: wargnier
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Against the backdrop of Vietnam's struggle to win independence from the French, Regis Wargnier's 1993 film Indochine presents a personal drama wrought with all the elements of a true epic: a mother's love, a daughter's betrayal, and the war that tears them apart. The symbolism in Wargnier's film is almost too obvious. Isabelle, a French plantation owner played by Catherine Deneuve is thwarted by her adopted Vietnamese daughter, who leaves her to find true love (incidentally, Isabelle's former lover) and join the Communist resistance movement...