In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic conequences to each other.
       It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public tranportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offer her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that enues between them overcome the class restriction and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.

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