THEME EXPLORATION

colonial Indochina

35 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
S’en fout la mort
S’en fout la mort
1990 · Claire Denis
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Man on the Edge
Man on the Edge
2026 · Sam Wong Ming-Sing
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
Phool Pishi O Edward
Phool Pishi O Edward
2026 · Nandita Roy
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
Besieged
Besieged
1998 · Bernardo Bertolucci
A Mohawk’s Way
A Mohawk’s Way
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Guelwaar
Guelwaar
1993 · Ousmane Sembène
Hatred
Hatred
1938 · Robert Siodmak
Kenya Boy
Kenya Boy
1984 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
North West Frontier
North West Frontier
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
Passion Island
Passion Island
1942 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber
1954 · Muriel Box
The Compass Rose
The Compass Rose
1983 · Patricio Guzmán
The Legend of Drunken Master
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · Kar-leung Lau
Under the Blue Sky
Under the Blue Sky
1959 · Mrinal Sen
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · Kim Jee-woon
Zulu
Zulu
1964 · Cy Endfield
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Vietnam

His works like 'The Scent of Green Papaya' (1993) and 'Cyclo' (1995) examine Vietnamese life under and after French colonial domination with poetic visual storytelling.