In French Indochina during the 1950s, a French colonist family, the Dufresnes, struggle to survive amid economic hardship. They own a rice farm, and the mother refuses to sell despite financial difficulties. The twins, Joseph and Suzanne, are torn between their loyalty to their mother and their own desires. Joseph wants to leave the countryside for the city, while Suzanne falls for a drifter. Their brother-sister relationships are tested as they navigate love, family, and financial struggles.
This Angry Age
A family's daily life in 1950s French Indochina is marked by poverty and environmental disasters, leading to a desperate struggle to survive.
