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.
1930s 1940s 1950s adopted daughter adoption arranged marriage civil war exotic locale extramarital affair french colonialism french indochina war french naval officer french navy fugitive lovers harvest workers indochina indochine longing love of one’s life mother and daughter love same man nationalism nationalist separatism naval officer parent child relationship plantation plantation owner powerful woman revolutionaries rubber plantation saigon theater troupe tragic heroine vietnam vietnamese
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