"Indochina" corresponds to the delicate relationship between the French plantation owner Aliyana, the Vietnamese princess Camille, and the French officer Baptis, and the relationship between the Vietnamese colony and France, forming a metaphorical montage. Compared with Hollywood Vietnam War films, this film does not have a lot of gun battles and corpses everywhere, but it uses a calm narrative to move the audience. In this movie, there are many things that have been symbolized that deserve attention. The film shows the oppression of post-colonialism and the willingness to be oppressed through the language actions of the characters, ritualized scenes, and the shaping of colonial customs. In "Indochina" there are scenes of a large number of colonial people being displaced. Through the presentation of these images, the film satirizes the customs of the colony
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Although the protagonist of "Indochina" is Ariana's adopted daughter, the whole story is based on Ariana. She narrated the story of her daughter so that the plot of the film is no longer a simple love story, which is also the ingenuity of the film
. In "Indochina", there is a very metaphorical tango dance segment. A seemingly ordinary tango dance is actually a mirror image of the entire film. It subtly conveys the delicate psychological state between mother and daughter, and the complicated political and power discourse between France and Vietnam. Therefore, this tango dance is also an allegory of the real political relationship between France and Vietnam. In addition, the ending of the film is also thought-provoking
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