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Far South (1997)

Far South poster
Original title
Sud lointain
Genre
drama
Country
France
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French mini-series about a man's journey from France to colonial Indochina in the early 20th century. It follows his experiences with the local culture and the unraveling of personal and political tensions.

sweepinghistoricalnostalgicdramaticslow-burnmelancholicvisually lushepic

What happens

Sud lointain est une mini-série télévisée française en trois épisodes de 140 minutes, réalisée en 1996 par Thierry Chabert, d'après le roman Le Courrier de Saïgon d'Erwan Bergot et diffusée à partir du 8 septembre 1997 sur TF1. Diffusion en Suisse sur TSR1 et en Belgique sur La Une. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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