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East-West 1999 3 stars

    N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Regis Wargnier
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Ruben Tupiero, Erwan Baynaud, Grigori Manukov

  Emigrants' lives in Stalinist Russia are depicted when they return to help rebuild their country at the end of World War II in this story of love and survival amidst insurmountable oppression. This film won the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.

Indochine 1992 3 stars

    PG-13, 155 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Regis Wargnier
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Linh Dan Pham, Vincent Perez, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau, Carlo Brandt, Gerard Lartigau, Hubert Saint-Macary, Andrzej Seweryn

  Set in the 1930s, a French woman, Eliane (Catherine Deneuve), owns a plantation in Indo-China. Eliane is raising young Princess Camille (Linh Dan Pham) in her own home. Troubles arise when Camille falls in love with Eliane's lover, Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez), who is on duty as a Naval officer in the area. An Academy Award for Best Foreign Film was received for this fine effort.

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1. East-West (1999)
2. Indochine (1992)

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