#indochine 1992

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Black and White October

Indochine / Catherine Deneuve as Éliane Devries

The mixture of different sizes of polka dots in the dress gives it visual interest, especially when paired with the stripes in the hat. The outlining of the little "handkerchief" pleats at the hips is unusual; I don't think I've ever seen that before.

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Catherine Deneuve "Indochina" (Indochine) 1992, de Regis Wargnier.

[ellavei]

thinking about writing APH France and APH Spain (not really romance tbh) with Indochina theme

because I'm obsessed with Indochine (1992) (that movie is literally never disappointed me) so I would really love to describe that atmosphere

and I have so many headcanon about them in Indochina based on true events

but then I remembered that is very sensitive topic that even I didn't dare to write ☠️

[pulp-182]

shogun (2024) / indochine (1992)

[starrynight-over-thepast]

Anyone here has watched Indochine (1992)? Any thoughts?

[kino51]

Diên Biên Phú  1992

Le film est prisonnier de son budget, c’est une évidence. il a d’ailleurs énormément de mal à démarrer, seulement après 1 heure...

[nooosham3]

Catherine Deneuve

TV interview to promote 'Indochine', 1992

[pompadourpink]

can you please make a list of really popular french songs? like, the type of songs that if you play them at a party in france almost everybody knows all the words and can dance to them.

Hi, this has been taking root in my asks for a while and I’m sorry but this is a hard question; people born in Nice in the 60s and in Trappes in the 90s will have extremely different references. And the dancing criteria makes it worse.

What people are likely to know, regardless of social context: the most famous songs of Piaf (La vie en rose, Mon manège à moi, maybe Milord), Aznavour (La bohème, Hier encore, Emmenez-moi), Brel (La chanson des vieux amants, Ne me quitte pas, Quand on a que l’amour), Gainsbourg (La javanaise, Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais, Le poinçonneur des lilas),  Brassens (La mauvaise réputation, Les copains d’abord, Gare au gorille), etc.

Stuff a bit less old (to not say younger, as I’m talking 80s): Michel Berger (Le paradis blanc, La groupie du pianiste), Indochine (L’aventurier, J’ai demandé à la lune, Trois nuits par semaine), France Gall (Ella Elle l’a, Il jouait du piano debout, Poupée de cire), Daniel Balavoine (Le chanteur, L’aziza, Mon fils ma bataille), Joe Dassin (Et si tu n’existais pas, A toi, Pour un flirt avec toi), etc.

Then: Jean-Jacques Goldman (Je te donne, Là-bas, Quand la musique est bonne, Au bout de mes rêves), Mylène Farmer (Désenchantée, Libertine, Sans contrefaçon), Garou (Seul, Sous le vent, Belle), Céline Dion (Pour que tu m’aimes encore, On ne change pas, S’il suffisait d’aimer), Florent Pagny (Savoir aimer, Ma liberté de penser, Là où je t’emmènerai), etc.

2000s: BB brunes’ Dis-moi, Kyo’s Dernière danse, L5′s Toutes les femmes de ta vie, Larusso’s Tu m’oublieras, Matt Pokora’s Elle me contrôle, Renan Luce’s La lettre, Superbus’ Lola, Tragédie’s Hey ho, Diam’s La boulette, Fatal Bazooka’s Mauvaise foi nocturne, Rose’s La liste, etc.

2010s: Sexion d’assaut’s Avant qu’elle parte and Désolé, Colonel Reyel’s Celui and Aurélie, Mika’s Elle me dit, Stromaé’s Alors on danse and Papaoutai, Kendji Girac’s Andalouse and Bella, Louane’s Jour un and Avenir, etc.

Currently are huge: Aya Nakamura’s Jolie nana, Hatik’s Angela, Bosh’s Djomb, Vitaa and Slimane’s Versus, Jul’s La machine, Maes’ Les derniers salopards, Gambi’s La vie est belle.

Now-

I was born in 1992. There’s a lot of stuff I’ve never heard of because I’m not that interested in current stuff - I’ve never listened to Jul, for example. Had you asked your question to a 14-year-old, they would probably mention him very quickly. What I can say is that people my age would destroy everything up to the 2000s at a karaoke session, and then start having issues; whereas my younger sibling, eight years younger than me, would have the exact opposite problem. Why? Because I heard the very old stuff on the radio, before the Internet even happened; nowadays, people don’t listen to the radio anymore, they go on Youtube or Spotify, so they don’t experience that stuff.

So I’m afraid there’s not really *one* answer to that question, except maybe if you want to focus on lame stuff DJs play at parties when people are starting to be bored, like Les démons de minuit ou Partenaire particulier. Those will get everybody on their feet. But that’s probably not what you’re looking for!

Hope this still helps! x

[whileiamdying]

Review/Film; Deneuve As Symbol Of Colonial Epoch

By Vincent Canby Dec. 24, 1992

Catherine Deneuve reigns in "Indochine." That is, she presides over its second-rate fiction with the manner of an empress who knows her powers are constitutionally limited but who continues to take her duties seriously. She can't change the course of the film, but her lofty presence keeps it from flying apart. She plays Eliane who, when first met in 1930, divides her time between a mansion near Saigon and a successful rubber plantation, which she oversees with (sometimes for) her widowed father.

Miss Deneuve has her work cut out for her, since the new French film, made on location at great expense and with attention to historical accuracy, intends to be nothing less than epic. "Indochine" is the story of the last 25 years of French rule in Indochina as reflected by the events in Eliane's life. The subject is potentially rich, but the screenplay, whomped up by three screenwriters in collaboration with Regis Wargnier, the director, has neither the conviction of fact, the sense of revelation found in good fiction, nor the fun of trashy literature.

In 1930 Eliane enjoys all the perks that accrue to the dominant class in a smoothly functioning colonial society. Though French by birth, she has never seen France. She was born and reared in Indochina, which she considers as much her home as it is for the anonymous laborers who work on her plantation. Eliane is not as bigoted as some French. She is bringing up Camille (Linh Dan Pham) as her own daughter. The pretty teen-ager, an Annamese princess, was adopted by Eliane after her parents -- Eliane's best friends -- were killed in an accident.

Since Eliane is France to a large extent, it's not surprising that her life falls apart more or less in concert with French colonial rule, and that her heartbreak and (dare I say?) her hopes parallel those of France itself. She's sorely tried, both as an adoring mother and as the conscience of a great European nation.

Camille has been betrothed since childhood to Tanh (Eric Nguyen), a well-born Vietnamese fellow whom she likes but does not love. She shatters her adoptive mother by falling madly in love with Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez), a handsome, mostly uncharacterized French naval officer, who had once been Eliane's lover.

Eliane puts her foot down, but Camille runs off to join Jean-Baptiste at the remote outpost to which Eliane has arranged that he be sent. It's the beginning of the end for both the motherland and Eliane. I'm not giving away one-tenth of what happens in the movie by reporting that the feckless Tanh turns out to be a sort of Vietnamese Scarlet Pimpernel, a dedicated, recklessly brave Vietnamese freedom fighter and Communist.

Camille, too, is politicized, becoming known as "the red princess" for her underground activities. When last heard from in 1954, she's at the table in Geneva, a member of the Indochinese committee negotiating independence from France.

It's not easy for any movie, even one running for 2 hours and 35 minutes, to cover so much time and history and still maintain its coherence as drama. Though Eliane is the film's focal point, she is not Scarlett O'Hara. Eliane has her weaknesses: she falls in love with the wrong man, and she occasionally seeks solace in a pipe of opium. Yet she's not so much a character as a beautiful, somewhat frosty icon, like the statue of Marianne, the official symbol of the French Republic for which Miss Deneuve's likeness was used in 1985.

Without seeming to age a day from 1930 to 1954, Miss Deneuve moves through "Indochine" more as an observer than as a participant. Her Eliane/Marianne is not an embodiment of the ideals of the French Revolution, but a representation of the kind of chic associated with Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.

She looks ravishing from start to finish. She's supremely unruffled when a man with a nosebleed attempts to make love to her. Not a hair is out of place as she beats a worker for attempting to run away from the plantation. She's not a particular woman but an abstraction as she tells the victim, "Do you think I like beating my children?"

In spite of all that, Miss Deneuve lends the movie a lot of her own instinctive intelligence. Behind the movie-star facade, a real actress is at work. It's not her regal beauty but the force of her personality that carries the viewer through a choppy screenplay not always easy to follow. It may be that the film has been re-edited for its American release, but whatever the reason, characters seem to disappear before their time, or to appear on screen without having been properly introduced. In the etiquette of cinema, this is called rude editing. There also are times when the soundtrack music hails an emotional crescendo that only it recognizes.

Aside from Miss Deneuve's performance, the only one worth noting is that of Jean Yanne, whose acting style has become increasingly self-important and busy since the early 1970's when he appeared in two fine Claude Chabrol films, "This Man Must Die" and "Le Boucher." Here he plays the head of the French security police in Saigon, a jaded functionary who half-heartedly courts Eliane while wearily going about his brutal job.

"Indochine" offers the audience much more history and many more views of the Vietnamese landscape than can be seen in "The Lover," Jean-Jacques Annaud's fine, laconic screen adaptation of the Marguerite Duras novel, also set in Vietnam in the 1930's. Yet "The Lover" evokes subtle truths about colonial relationships that are effectively buried in the epic fanciness of "Indochine."

"Indochine," which has been rated PG-13 (under 13 strongly cautioned), has scenes of violence.

INDOCHINE

Directed by Regis Wargnier; screenplay (in French with English subtitles) by Eric Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen and Mr. Wargnier; director of photography, Francois Catonne; music by Patrick Doyle; produced by Eric Heumann and Jean Labadie; released by Sony Pictures Classics. At the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, Broadway and 63d Street. Running time: 155 minutes. This film is rated PG-13. Eliane, Catherine Deneuve Jean-Baptiste, Vincent Perez Camille, Linh Dan Pham Guy, Jean Yanne Yvette, Dominique Blanc WITH: Carlo Brandt, Mai Chau, Alain Fromager, Chu Hung, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Gerard Lartigau, Hubert Saint-Macary, Henri Marteau, Thibault de Montalembert, Andrzej Seweryn, Eric Nguyen, Nhu Quynh, Tien Tho, Thi Hoe Tranh Huu Trieu, Nguyen Lan Trung and Trinh Van Thinh. Rating: PG-13. Running Time: 2h 39m. Genres: Drama, Romance.

Works Cited:

Canby, V. (1992, 24 12). Review/Film; Deneuve As Symbol Of Colonial Epoch. The New York Times, CXLII (49190), p. C9.

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Black and White October

Indochine / Catherine Deneuve as Éliane Devries

This movie has a couple of nice black-and-white outfits in the early scenes, which are set in the 1930s. I like the contrast here between the strong horizontal axis created by the black stripes at the hem and bust and the more meandering broken lines of black wandering over the shoulders and skirt.

I'm not quite sure about the necklace, though. It seems like something shorter would do better with this neckline. At this length, it sort of fights with the bow.

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Catherine Deneuve as Éliane in Indochine [1992, dir. Régis Wargnier]

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Going thru the indochine 1992 reviews on letterboxd and blocking everyone who likes it

[finita--la--commedia]

“Indochine” (1992), directed by Régis Wargnier

[that-little-bisexual-mess]

MC playlist/aesthetic challenge

I like songs. I like aesthetics. So here is a little challenge : You make a list of 8 important facts about your MC or things that your MC loves, and you make a little playlist and a little moodboard for each of the facts along with a little explaination. (This challenge might be a little dumb but this is something I wanted to do soooo ....)

Ada Margot Shelby (HPHM MC)

Ada and Jacob

“Hey Brother” - Avicii, 2013

“When We Grow Up” - Diana Ross, 1973

Ada and Jacob have always been close. Jacob is very protective of his little sister and Ada admires her big brother. Their bond never really break, even when the young man is away or couldn’t be found. After all they both been through and when they are finally reunited, they are closer than ever.

Ada’s origins

“Douce France” - Charles Trenet, 1947

“This Is England” - The Clash, 1985

One of the things Ada is the most proud of, is her origins. The family on her father’s side is from England and the family on her mother’s side is French. Both Jacob and Ada are fluent in French, thanks to their grandmother Margot Durand. Whenever they would go to her place, they would only speak french.

Ada’s parents

“Je Te Promets” - Johnny Hallyday, 1986

“The Living Years” - Mike & The Mechanics, 1988

Ada and Jacob lost their parents at a very young age. Ada was 8 years old when her father was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange and 11 years when her mother died of Dragonpox. Their death, along with the deaths of her grandparents, impacted Ada a lot. One of her life biggest objectives is to make her parents proud.

Ada’s Mental Health

“What’s Up?” - 4 Non Blondes, 1992

“So Am I” - Ava Max, 2019

“Fix You” - Coldplay, 2005

“Good Guys” - Mika, 2015

Ada suffered from depression. Her parents and grandparents deaths, her brother’s disappearance and later the death of some of her friends and loved ones like Dora, Ted Tonks or Rowan leaved a huge mark on her. She struggled for years with depression and PTSD after the war. Also the fact that so many people would follow Voldemort, by fear or by conviction, didn’t help at all. She relied a lot on the love of her second family, the Tonks, and the love of her friends. They never let her down and she’ll always be thankful for that.

Ada’s Second Family

“Don’t Leave Me Alone” - David Guetta, Anne-Marie, 2018

“You Raise Me Up” - Josh Groban, 2003

“Flashlight” - Jessie J, 2015

After her mother died, Ada had to go leave with the Tonks, since Andromeda was her Godmother. She had known them her entire life. The Tonks quickly became her second family. Dora became her sister, Andromeda her second mother and Ted her second father. They were here for her during her darkest days and she was always here for them during theirs. When Ted told 11 years old Dora that Ada will come live with them and she will become like a sister to her, Dora said “She always have been my sister”. One time, while they were walking on Diagon Alley, Ada and Dora made a prank on a Pureblood supremacist who had insulted Ted of “Mudblood” and Andy of “Bloodtraitor”. The man got mad at them and yelled at them. Andy saw that and told him to “Stop yelling at my daughters or I will turn you into a cockroach”. And another day, the family intended a Quidditch match and Ted, who was talking to a colleague, told the latter that “My daughters both play Quidditch at Hogwarts”. Everytime Ada would hear them casually referring her as their daughter or sister, she would smile for days.

Ada’s Bisexuality

“3e Sexe” - Indochine, 1985

“Girls / Girls / Boys” - Panic At The Disco, 2013

Not much to say here. Ada is bisexual and she’s very proud of it. All of her family and friends accepted her without question because in my vision, the wizarding world is LGBTQ+ friendly and by that I mean every freaking letter even the T.

Ada and Penny

“i wanna be your girlfriend” - girl in red, 2018

“Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” - Irma Thomas, 1968

“Hooked On A Feeling” - Blue Swede, Björn Skifs, 1974

“Ring Of Fire” - Johny Cash, 1967

“Only You” - Yazoo, 1982

“Le Baiser” - Alain Souchon, 1999

Ada had a crush on Penny ever since she met her during her first year at Hogwarts. They went on every romantic events that took place at Hogwarts togetger but only started to officially date during their 7th year. They’re both madly in love with each other and they spent the rest of their life together.

Ada’s friends

“You’ve Got A Friend In Me” - Randy Newman, 1995

“Count On Me” - Bruno Mars, 2010

“I Think We’re Alone Now” - Tiffany, 1987

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” - Simple Minds, 1985

“Nothing’s Gonna Stop us Now” - Starship, 1987

Ada’s friends are some of the most important people in her life. Dora is her oldest friend and her best friend. She met Charlie during their first meal at Hogwarts after they both got sorted into the same house. She first really talked to Hogwarts during her first night at Hogwarts, in their dorm room. And finally Dora introduced her to Penny the next day. The group spent all of their free time together. The loss of Rowan and, later, Dora, was really hard on all of them, especially for Ada. But after the war, Charlie and Penny never left her side and they never forgot about Rowan and Dora.

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[lostgoonie1980]

253. Indochina (Indochine, 1992), dir. Régis Wargnier

[rapha-reads]

Hey! Random anon back. Since you mentioned that you were listening to sad French songs about love, quelles sont tes chansons françaises préférées? They can be modern or more classic. Merci beaucoup :)

Hello dear anon !

What a great question, thank you ! I listen to a lot of French songs ... I’ve hesitated about how to do a rec list : only the artists I listen to ? A decade by decade top 10 ? An actual playlist ? I can’t really choose so I’m going to do a mix of the three.

A few notes before I start : this isn’t an exhaustive list. I’m mostly going to talk about artists/songs/genres that *I* like. Or artists/songs that I can’t NOT talk about, for whatever reason. 1, whatever the language, I don’t listen to all genres. 2, there are some artists that I absolutely cannot stand *cough* Benjamin Biolay *cough*. 3, I’m focusing on songs in French - a lot of French artists these days are singing in English, but here we’re talking about *French-language* songs.

Long post ahead. Part I : 10 songs, 6 decades (1960s-today). Part II : a compilation of some of my favourite artists. (to come) Part III : the playlist. (to come)

PART I : 10 songs per decade, one song per artist.

* songs I have a particular fondness for.

ANNÉES 1960

(The Classics, Part 1)

*1960 : Edith Piaf, Milord. *1961 : Charles Aznavour, J’me voyais déjà. 1962 : Gilbert Bécaud, Et maintenant. 1963 : Enrico Macias, Enfants de tous pays. *1964 : Jacques Brel, Amsterdam. *1965 : France Gall, Poupée de cire, poupée de son. 1966 : Marie Laforêt, Marie-Douceur, Marie-Colère.  *1967 : Nicoletta, La Musique. *1968 : Sylvie Vartan, La Maritza. 1969 : Georges Moustaki, Le Métèque.

ANNÉES 1970

(The Classics, Part 2)

1970 : Mike Brant, Laisse-moi t’aimer. *1971 : Julien Clerc, Ce n’est rien. 1972 :  Claude François, Le lundi au soleil. *1973 : Serge Lama, Je Suis Malade. *1974 : Dave, Vanina. 1975 : Nicolas Peyrac, Et mon père. 1976 : Johnny Hallyday, Requiem pour un fou. 1977 : Laurent Voulzy, Rockollection. *1978 : Daniel Balavoine, Le Chanteur. *1979 : Dalida, Laissez-moi danser.

ANNÉES 1980

(The best decade ever - aka It starts getting complicated)

1980 : Michel Berger, La groupie du pianiste. *1981 : Jean-Jacques Goldman, Il suffira d’un signe. *1982 : Indochine, L’Aventurier. *1983 : Rose Laurens, Africa. 1984 : Cookie Dingler, Femme Libérée. 1985 : Francis Cabrel, Encore et encore. *1986 : Jeanne Mas, En rouge et noir. 1987 : Guesch Patti, Etienne. 1988 : Mylène Farmer, Sans Contrefaçon. 1989 : Noir Désir, Aux sombres héros de l’amer.

ANNÉES 1990

(The renewal - aka Rap Decade - aka the Forgotten decade)

1990 : Thierry Hazard, Le jerk. *1991 : MC Solaar, Caroline. *1992 : Patrick Bruel, Alors regarde. *1993 : Alain Souchon, Foule Sentimentale. 1994 : Mano Negra, Santa Maradona. *1995 : Céline Dion, Pour que tu m’aimes encore. 1996 : 2be3, Partir un jour. *1997 : Louise Attaque, J’t’emmène au vent. *1998 : Manau, La Tribu de Dana. *1999 : Zebda, Tomber la chemise.

ANNÉES 2000

(The Messy decade - aka We don’t talk about the noughties) (aka I lived through it and my childhood is MESSY as hell) (aka sorry to the Frenchies, I know my tastes are terrible, I’m having fun)

2000 : Julie Zenatti, Si je m’en sors. 2001 : Lorie, Je serai (ta meilleure amie). *2002 : Calogero, En Apesanteur. *2003 : Florent Pagny, Ma liberté de penser. *2004 : Amel Bent, Ma philosophie. *2005 : Raphaël, Et dans 150 ans. *2006 : Diam’s, La Boulette. *2007 : Kamini, Marly-Gaumont. 2008 : Sheryfa Luna, Il avait les mots. *2009 : Tom Frager, Lady Melody.

ANNÉES 2010

(Lots of things. No idea what’s going on anymore. Some very good artists.)

*2010 : Zaz, Je veux. *2011 : Mika, Elle me dit. *2012 : Oldelaf, La Tristitude. *2013 : Stromae, Formidable. *2014 : Soprano, Clown. *2015 : Kendji Girac, Les Yeux de la Mama. *2016 : Claudio Capéo, Ça va ça va. *2017 : Gauvain Sers, Pourvu. *2018 : Hoshi, Ta Marinière. *2019 : Indila, Parle à ta tête.

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This is getting long. Part II and III coming up soon.