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Ciel Rouge (2017)

Ciel Rouge poster
Original title
Ciel rouge
Directed by
Olivier Lorelle
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French soldier releases a young Viet Minh rebel during the first Vietnamese offensive against French colonial rule. The film follows their intertwined fates in a war-torn landscape.

tensecontemplativebroodinggrittyvisceralhumanizingrestrained

What happens

Ciel rouge (literally, 'red sky') is a French film written and directed by Olivier Lorelle, shot in 2015 and released in 2017. It is set in the first Vietnamese offensive against French colonial rule and follows the fate of a French soldier and a young Viet Minh rebel whom he frees. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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