Released:
1983-10-05

Overview:
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...

Director:
Lâm Lê

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Dominique Sanda
  as
  Missionary
• 
  Jean-François Stévenin
  as
  Sergeant Tam-Tam
• 
  Thang-Long
  as
  The carpenter
• 
  Yann Roussel
  as
  Eurasian Man
• 
  Anne Canovas
  as
  French Woman