Ciel Rouge

Ciel rouge (literally, 'red sky') is a French film written and directed by Olivier Lorelle, shot in 2015 and released in 2017. It is set in the first Vietnamese offensive against French colonial rule and follows the fate of a French soldier and a young Viet Minh rebel whom he frees. Synopsis In 1946 in Vietnam, at a French army base in the jungle, Philippe, a young recruit (played by Cyril Descours), has to guard a female Viet Minh prisoner, called Thi (Audrey Giacomini). Philippe had signed up to bring peace to an unknown country of dense forests and spectacular mountains but his ideals collapse when he is told he must torture and kill a young Vietnamese woman fighting for independence. Horrified by the torture to which she will be subjected and her potential execution, he frees her then himself deserts into the jungle. Thi guides him through the uninhabited forests to safer places, during which journey she lets drop her guard, allowing herself to put aside her political ideals for romantic and sensual experience, while Philippe loses his military mindset to be closer to her ideals, though more through love than conviction. However, while he dreams of a romantic idyll with her and their future children, she decides she will not rest until the revolution is successful. Cast Cyril Descours : Philippe Audrey Giacomini : Thi The only other named actors in the final credits are Nguyen Huy Khuong, Charles Mugnier and Dinh Minh Chien. Production