Poussière d'empire 1983

Name: Poussière d'empire
Released: 1983-10-05
Cast: Dominique Sanda, Jean-François Stévenin, Thang-Long, Yann Roussel, Anne Canovas

Synopsis:

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...