France Is Our Mother Country

January. 21,2015      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Reviews

Artivels
2015/01/21

Undescribable Perfection

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Fluentiama
2015/01/22

Perfect cast and a good story

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Ceticultsot
2015/01/23

Beautiful, moving film.

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FuzzyTagz
2015/01/24

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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