France / 2016 / 60mins / Documentary / French

The fall of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Agreements in 1954 signaled the end of a century of France’s presence in Indochina. In the French army, large numbers of soldiers from the colonies, particularly North Africa and Black Africa, were repatriated to their home countries - this is their story.

Laurence Gavron

Laurence Gavron, born in Paris, specialized in documentaries about film history and filmmakers, after having written about films in several French newspapers and magazines. She made her first film in Senegal in 1991, about the late filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, followed by a number of documentary films about griots and musicians. She has also written several novels and had a couple of photo exhibitions as well, mainly in Senegal. Learn More