'' Indochine '' ( ) is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s . It is the story of Éliane Devries , a French plantation owner , and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter , Camille , with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop . The screenplay was written by novelist Érik Orsenna , scriptwriters Louis Gardel , Catherine Cohen , and Régis Wargnier , who also directed the film . The film stars Catherine Deneuve , Vincent Pérez , Linh Dan Pham , Jean Yanne and Dominique Blanc . The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards
65th Academy Awards
65th Academy Awards
Indochine (film)