The French in Vietnam

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2014)

#3 Before the Vietnam way the French had controlled the country as a colony, during the era of Imperialism. Similar to many African nation, the occupence and later withdrawal of the French wreaked havoc on the Vietnamese. The French man is definitely a sketchy character, for lack of a better word. His shady deals in back allies do not convey an image dependability and morality to say the least. Also, once Saigon has begun its fall, he pretends he does not know English when he is approached at the end of the film. This is meant to illustrate how the French abandon the colony once it had begun to fall apart as they could extract no particular benefit from it. (They did not want to clean up after their own mess.)