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    This movie was portrayed through a French plantation owner. Throughout the film, she shows power as a woman. She did not have any children, but when a close friend of hers and the woman’s husband dies, she takes on the responsibility of adopting their Vietnamese child. When talking to a man from the French Navy, he said that it is a man’s job to command men, her response was that is what men usually say. She was these Vietnamese working men’s boss and leader. It is hard for other men to understand because she is breaking through the norms given by society. Jean-Baptiste is a Navy officer the mother falls for and wants to be with, but he does not want to stay in one place he wants to travel the world. 

    This woman had so much power that even when these working men, even when they were worried and upset about horrible people, maybe communists, coming after them. These people just watched their leader get shot and they still got up and went back to working in the factory. Jean rescued Camille after she was injured by a runaway prisoner. Camille was set up in an arranged marriage, yet she falls for Jean, her savior. When Camille tells her mother, she is in shock and is devastated. When Jean was sent out to a faraway island and Camille goes after him because she loves him, and nothing was going to stop her. She travels along her journey to find Jean and joins a runaway Vietnamese slave family that was heading north too. The fact that these people including children were slaves of French people was sad and exhausting to watch. Seeing how these people were getting treated horribly and getting reprimanded every time they did not follow orders. I feel that these workers should have been treated like people, not property. Camille watched her people go through so much suffering and did not want that anymore she wanted and needed change once she got out of prison. 

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  1. Katie TaylorFebruary 18, 2021 at 6:55 PM

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  2. Katie TaylorFebruary 18, 2021 at 6:57 PM

    This was a great analysis of the movie "Indochine". It had a very unique plot that opened my eyes to things that I had never known before. I agree that it was surprising to see a woman as the boss of hundreds of working men. She was even considered intimidating to some which can be seen when reprimanding a worker who tried to run away. He said that he saw her a both his mother and his father which shows that she has both feminine and nurturing qualities while also being a strong authoritarian figure. You also had a great analysis of how Camille was treated like a French person because she was Elaine's adopted daughter but was born into a Vietnamese family. I'm sure if was rough for her to see her people treated this way by her mother.

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