Indochine (1992)

Andrzej Seweryn: Hebrard

Quotes 

• Hebrard : Mockery, my friend. We're deep in mockery. Either you fight it, either you do like me, revel in it. You could become a hero here, but no one will ever know. It will be like a drop in this jade green ocean. But it will be your drop of water.

  Jean-Baptiste : Tell me about our presence here.

  Hebrard : Nothing. We're ghosts of the empire.

• Hebrard : Once a month, there's a celebration. A big celebration. The slave market. Workers are recruited in the northern part of the country. Volunteers. Anyway, they have no choice. They're too hungry. We serve France here. We bring the volunteers here. Under your strict supervision, southern buyers come here for workers for their plantations in Cochinchina. You have nothing to do, just be here.