Far from Vietnam (1967)

Name: Far from Vietnam
Genre: Documentary, War, Drama
Released: 1967-10-18
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Maurice Garrel, Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Bernard Fresson, Marie-France Mignal

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais

1h 56minruntime

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5.0/10

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Plot

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.

Main cast

Maurice Garrel

Narrator (voice)

Anne Bellec

(segment "Claude Ridder")

Karen Blanguernon

Claude's Girfriend (segment "Claude Ridder")

Bernard Fresson

Claude Ridder (segment "Claude Ridder")

Marie-France Mignal

(segment "Claude Ridder") (uncredited)

Hồ Chí Minh

Self (segment "Flash Back") (archive footage)

Agnès Varda

Narrator (segment "Flash Back") (voice)

Full cast

Actor	Role
Jean-Luc Godard	Self (segment "Camera Eye")
Tom Paxton	Self (segment "Victor Charlie")
Michèle Ray-Gavras	Narrator (segment "Victor Charlie") (voice)
William C. Westmoreland	Self (segment "Why We Fight") (archive footage)
Fidel Castro	Self (segment "Fidel Castro")

Genres

DocumentaryWarDrama

Technical details

Detail	Value
Original title	Loin du Vietnam
Original language	Français (FR)
Spoken languages	Français, English, Español, Tiếng Việt
Production countries	Belgium, France
Status	Released
Production companies	Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)
Release date	18 ottobre 1967
Production	Chris Marker
Writer	Jacques Sternberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Lacouture, Chris Marker, François Maspero
Editing	Colette Leloup, Chris Marker, Valérie Mayoux, Jacqueline Meppiel, Éric Pluet, Jean Ravel, Ragnar Van Leyden, Albert Jurgenson
Cinematography	Charles L. Bitsch, Jean Boffety, Paul Bourron, Denys Clerval, Ghislain Cloquet, Willy Kurant, Alain Levent, Emmanuel Machuel, Bruno Muel, Théo Robichet, Kieu Tham, Bernard Zitzermann, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Roger Pic, Michèle Ray-Gavras
Assistant directors	Didier Beaudet, Jacques Bidou, Roger de Monenstral, Alain Franchet, Pierre Grunstein, Marie-Louise Guinet, Florence Malraux, Anne Roux, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Sylvette Baudrot, Alain Resnais
Camera operators	Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Roger Pic, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Charles L. Bitsch, Jean Boffety, Paul Bourron, Denys Clerval, Ghislain Cloquet, Willy Kurant, Alain Levent, Emmanuel Machuel, Bruno Muel, Théo Robichet, Kieu Tham, Bernard Zitzermann
Additional photography	Charles L. Bitsch, Jean Boffety, Paul Bourron, Denys Clerval, Ghislain Cloquet, Willy Kurant, Alain Levent, Emmanuel Machuel, Bruno Muel, Théo Robichet, Kieu Tham, Bernard Zitzermann, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Roger Pic, Michèle Ray-Gavras

Production design	Christian Quinson
Art direction	Christian Quinson
Set decoration	Christian Quinson
Visual effects	Jean Larivière
Music	Georges Aperghis, Philippe Capdenat, Michel Fano, Hanns Eisler, Antoine Bonfanti, René Levert, Harald Maury, Harrik Maury
Sound	Georges Aperghis, Philippe Capdenat, Michel Fano, Hanns Eisler, Antoine Bonfanti, René Levert, Harald Maury, Harrik Maury

Release dates

Premiere

United States / Oct 01, 1967 / New York Film Festival

Serbia / Feb 26, 2006 / Belgrade Film Festival

Greece / Oct 15, 2007 / Panorama of European Cinema

United Kingdom / May 15, 2008 / Cinema '68

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France / May 15, 2009 / Cannes Film Festival

Taiwan / Nov 09, 2012 / Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

Poland / Aug 10, 2017 / New Horizons Film Festival

Limited release

Portugal / Apr 22, 1983 / Cinemateca Portuguesa

Taiwan / Mar 15, 2014 / Alain Renais Retrospective

Greece / Jun 09, 2014 / Greek Film Archive

Singapore / Sep 22, 2020 / NUS Museum

Theatrical release

France / Oct 18, 1967

United Kingdom / Nov 29, 1967

Japan / Apr 06, 1968

Sweden / Dec 08, 1968

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Uruguay / Sep 10, 1970

TV

Germany / Jan 04, 1969 / West Germany

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