
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and surrender of the French forces and France's eventual withdrawal from Vietnam.... (Full plot summary below)
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An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and surrender of the French forces and France's eventual withdrawal from Vietnam.
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| User ReviewDeke PDefinitely not an entertaining war movie, rather a Symphony of Life and Death... The sacrifice of young men, jumping for a last and certain defeat, just to stand and fall next to their comrades is certainly moving. An American reporter scours Hanoi, "civilised" background to the battle, in search of a scoop. He rubs shoulders with a Chinese bookie, a cyclo-pousse driver, a Vietnamese nationalist who give their views to the battle. Pierre Schoendoerffer jumped on Dien Bien Phu as a reporter, and survived. He shot this film in Viet Nam, 37 years after the end of the battle. |