Lotus Flower

Lotus Flower

1988•1h 45m

WarDrama

After his family was brutally murdered by French settlers on his wedding day, an Algerian man joins the French army and is sent to Vietnam to fight in the First Indochina War.

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Production

Vietnam Feature Film Studio, Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA), Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)

Language

VI

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Abdelhak Benmarouf

Lakhdar

Ali Bourezak

Kaddour

Abderrahmane Cheriti

Grichaud

Jean-Claude Petit

Jean-Claude Petit

Torpierre

An Chinh

An Chinh

Liên

Trần Lực

Trần Lực

Nam

Lê Khanh

Lê Khanh

The nurse

Mạnh Cường

Mạnh Cường

The Vietnamese officer

Hoàng Yến

Hoàng Yến

Liên's mother

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