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France Is Our Mother Country

2015-01-21
6
fr 75m
Documentary
If you would like to witness the forces of colonialism in brute action, Rithy Panh’s extraordinary new film provides the long view. A masterpiece of editing, the film assembles archival footage and antiqued title cards into a wordless recapturing of the Indochinese Empire, beginning with the early days of French occupation. In this prelapsarian age, everything is golden with promise. Ladies, in empire waist gowns and enormous hats, throw candies to local children. Great steamships carry French culture abroad, and the Tricolore flag flies on high.

Editor

Anna Borie

Producer

Catherine Dussart

Writer

Christophe Bataille

Original Music Composer

Marc Marder

Director

Rithy Panh

Status

Released

Countries

  • France
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic

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