Indochina-war, 1945: French Robert is the only survivor of a massacre in which his brother has perished. Blinded by revenge, Robert rejoins the forces in search of the assassins. But meeting the young Indochinese Maï disrupts his mission.
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Indochina-war, 1945: French Robert is the only survivor of a massacre in which his brother has perished. Blinded by revenge, Robert rejoins the forces in search of the assassins. But meeting the young Indochinese Maï disrupts his mission.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Gaspard Ulliel | - | Robert Tassen |
 | Guillaume Gouix | - | Cavagna |
 | Lang Khê Tran | - | Maï |
 | Gérard Depardieu | - | Saintonge |
| Jonathan Couzinié | - | Lieutenant Maussier |
 | Kevin Janssens | - | Commandant Orlan |
| Anthony Paliotti | - | Capitaine Sirbon |
| François Négret | - | Le médecin |
| Vi Minh Paul | - | Dao (as Vi Minh Paul Nguyen) |
| Vianney Duburque | - | Armand |
| Hiep Nguyen | - | Khiet |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | - | Anh |
| Paul Chatal | - | Rigot |
| Aymeric Pinchart | - | Pingeot |
| Joseph Gobin | - | Soldat guimbarde |
From the experimental cinema ((The Flying Children (Les Enfants volants), The Dead Life (La Vie crevée), The End)) to the black triptych ((A private affair (Une affaire privée), This woman (Cette femme-là), The Key (La Clef)), from the offbeat comedy ((The Octopus (Le Poulpe), Holiday)) to the political film ((The Gordji Affair (L'Affaire Gordji)) , through the drama((Must not laugh happiness (Faut pas rire du Bonheur)), Guillaume Nicloux builds a dense and unique work exploring all genres. The Religious and The Abduction of Michel Houellebecq, presented at the Berlin Film Festival, are no exception to the rule. In 2015, Valley of Love inaugurates a cycle of intimacy where existential quest and love passion are the main issues of his films. To the Ends of the World is his sixteenth feature film.
To the Ends of the World takes place just after the Second World War as the conflict in Indochina hardens. It is a moment of floating transition where the forces present seem indeterminate.
The denunciation of colonialism is not the subject of the film, it is rather on the side of the existential quest.
Sacrifice of oneself, destructive passion, revenge, terror ... it is a theme close to black romanticism . Guillaume Nicloux evokes his choice of Gaspard Ulliel to embody his Robert Tassen.
Gerard Depardieu could emerge from another film already shot with Guillaume Nicloux.
The plot of the film is that of a revenge that turns into a quest. Is Vo Binh Colonel Kurtz (Apocalypse Now) from Tassen? Guillaume Nicloux answers: "Fortunately no".
Guillaume Nicloux gives a very carnal dimension to the conflict through the jungle, the teeming city, the dancing scenes, the opium, the bodies imprisoned in cages ; a way of making the stunned, this feeling of unreality that one must feel in the face of the horror and extreme violence of war.
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