: Starring Catherine Deneuve , the Oscar-winning epic romance Indochine is set during the final decades of French rule. It follows a French plantation owner and her adopted Vietnamese daughter against the backdrop of rising anticolonial resistance.
: This aesthetic is a blend of French colonial elegance and traditional Asian motifs (Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian). In architecture and interior design, it utilizes local natural materials like bamboo, rattan, wood, and lacquer alongside motifs of dragons, phoenixes, and lotus flowers. Indochine
: Samuel Ferrer’s The Last Gods of Indochine is a highly-rated debut that explores the magic and mystery of the colonial era, often compared to the works of Marguerite Duras. Music and Modern Icons : Starring Catherine Deneuve , the Oscar-winning epic