Why wouldn't she return? being a cummunist?
But she refused her past, her love...bcause of being a cummunist? i don't think so. Bcause the sorrow was too much to bear? so why?
And why "I don't want him to know what I've lived through, how I suffered". She refused it at all? or not? I can't understand that.
I can't stop thinking about it. Any help?
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shareDude the French were an imperialist power, she was of south east Asian origin. She saw the discrimination the slavery she experienced it all. Do you thing she would still go back to being a French plantation owner? I am truly amazed by the naiveté of the person asking this question.
People across the world were rising against imperialism. Independence movement has been very active in India for many decades. Not every one in this world can be so materialistic that they cant think of the larger political injustice.
For a start think about being oppressed by a ruling class when they are not even from the same land who treat you like a slave and practice bonded labor. Do you really think it was possible for a person with a thinking mind to be that spineless and be a part of the same system?
I think that the western population has been so mind numbed by the media that they have lost a sense of self awareness and a life other than mindless pursuit of material success.
The whole point of movie is lost on you.
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Great post, kaustubh-mishra. The OP has no idea of what he is talking about, seems he has been watching Fox News too much lately.
Camille WAS NOT a french woman, she was vietnamite. She was raised inside of a castle where everything was perfect therefore she couldn't see how badly her poor countrymen were mistreated by the colonialist authorities.
As soon as she realized that any vietanimite could be sold like cattle, and treated worse than animals, then and just then she woke up and realized how unfair and brutal were the french rulers (and this applies to every western colonialist country from the XVI to the XX century).
What could she do besides to fight for the freedom of her country?
Should she comeback to the warm lap of her adoptive mother like a lost puppy and simply to forget the suffering of millions of her countrymen?
What should she do once she lived and experienced on her own flesh the cruelty and injustice of the foreigner rulers?
IMO she did not what she "wanted" to do but what she "had" to do. Period.
Leave the OP alone. It was a valid question, and I think he/she was more asking about why Camille didn't return to Etienne. It was said she had formed no attachment to him, but she didn't even feel a sense of obligation?
shareThe explanation was kind of rushed especially torwards the end of the film, so it's a valid question. Except the spelling of cummunist makes me lmao.
"I got Soul but I'm not a Soldier!"
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that's right gingerwitch28, that's what I wanna ask. Why didn't she want to relate to him? She wanted to concentrate on the fight for her country, so she didn't want anymore worry? Or she felt regret for having him,cause he's French, and wanna refuse him? I think the later, based on the way she said, and I think it's kind of ...maybe shallow, not sure of my Eng.
shareKaustubh-mishra wins the thread.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
- Goethe
Many Vietnamese saw the benefits of French rule, some were in favour of independence. No one was justified in supporting Communism, which is a different matter altogether. The Communists were not the only supporters of independence. Indeed in this film they are shown rather as bandits, agitating for the killing of landowners and the destruction of property. That is pretty much what they were. Communism was, and remains, an evil.
French colonial rule was far superior to Chinese or Khmer colonial rule, or rule by their own kings. European imperialism was altogether a very good thing for the countries ruled, though costly for the imperial powers.
I viewed Camille as representative of Vietnam. Her relationship with her mother was an analogy to Viet Nam's relationship with France. She did not want to go "back" to Imperialism. It was a statement of independence...not only Camille's, but Vietnam's.
shareI did feel bad for her son, when he went to the hotel and couldn't find his mom.
shareI did feel bad for her son, when he went to the hotel and couldn't find his mom.
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