Overview
The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer, Daniel, and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola, at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Michael and Louise hope that some time spent working in an exotic location will help reignite the passion in their floundering marriage. Instead they become unwittingly involved in the personal, sexual and political tensions of their hosts. Daniel is desperate to hold onto a way of life no longer possible in a country struggling for independence, bringing him into conflict with not only his daughter but also with his adopted country.
Cast
- Saskia Reeves as Louise Duffield
- Robert Reynolds as Michael Duffield
- Sami Frey as Daniel Renouard
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Viola Renouard
- Thierry Marquet as Captain Brochard
- Tất Bình as Vietminh Captain
- Lý Thái Dũng as Vietminh Executioner
- Lệ Thi as Bao’s Grandmother
- Ngọc Đặng as Bao’s Grandfather