Poussière d'empire (1983)

Title: Dust of Empire

Original Title: Poussière d'empire

Release Date: 1983-10-05

Status: Released

Rating: 7.6/10 (from 7 votes)

Language: FR

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Uranium Films, France 3 Cinéma

In 1954, escorted by a sergeant, a French nun travels through Tonkin, spreading the good Catholic word as she goes. A mute child leads her to a remote village. Installed at a carpenter, the travelers prepare the projection material indispensable to their propaganda. At nightfall, in a storm, a group of maquisards surrounded the house. Fortunately, the carpenter is a respected man. The attackers withdraw. After a sudden rise in water, the mute child loses the precious message that had been entrusted to him by a wounded maquis...