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Fugitive in Saigon

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Fugitive in Saigon
Directed byMarcel Camus
Written byMichel Audiard
Marcel Camus
Based onMort en fraude by Jean Hougron
Produced byJean-Paul Guibert
StarringDaniel Gélin
Anne Méchard
Lucien Callamand
CinematographyEdmond Séchan
Edited byJacqueline Thiédot
Music byHenri Crolla
Production
company
Intermondia Films
Distributed byRank
Release date
  • 17 May 1957 (1957-05-17)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Fugitive in Saigon (French: Mort en fraude) is a 1957 French war drama film directed by Marcel Camus and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Méchard and Lucien Callamand. It was shot on location in Cambodia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. It was one of the first films to deal with France's defeat in the First Indochina War, along with Shock Patrol by Claude Bernard-Aubert.[1]

Synopsis

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In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the locals and their poor living conditions. He ultimately lays down his life on their behalf.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Williams p.336

Bibliography

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  • Williams, Alan. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.
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