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RAOUL COUTARD

163 - Choosing the film's title

And what does "Hoa Binh" mean in Vietnamese? "Hoa Binh" means peace. So why "Hoa Binh"? Well that's part of the things, it's like- Do you think that "Bridge over the Kwai River" brings in the viewers? This was the opposite. It was- You really shouldn't speak about kids, it's very bad. You shouldn't talk about war, but it would still be good to find a title in which- So "La colonne de Cendres"? No, that doesn't work at all, it's too- We don't know what it is. But it should communicate the fact that it was filmed in Asia and all that. So that's why, the discussions- The discussions were along the same lines as the ones about the fact that there can't be sex nor violence in a Gérard de Villiers film. So in the end I said- So listen, it's simple, we'll call it "Hoa Binh", it means peace, that way we won't be talking about war.

Et "Hoa Binh" en vietnamien signifie quoi ? "Hoa Binh", ça veut dire la paix. Alors pourquoi "Hoa Binh" ? Alors ça, ça fait partie encore des trucs, c'est comme l'histoire de- Vous pensez que "The bridge over the Kwai river" ça va faire venir le spectateur ? Là, c'était le truc inverse. C'était- Ah là faut surtout pas parler de gosses, c'est un très mauvais truc, faut pas parler de la guerre, mais ça serait bien quand même qu'on trouve un titre dans lequel- Alors "la colonne de centres" non ça va pas du tout, c'est trop- On ne sait pas ce que c'est- Mais il faudrait qu'on sache que ça se tourne en Asie tout ça, alors c'est pour ça, les discussions- Les discussions faut pas faire de violence ni de sexe avec Gérard de Villiers, c'était le même genre. Alors finalement je leur ai dit- Bon écoutez c'est pas compliqué, on va l'appeler "Hoa Binh", ça veut dire la paix, comme ça on va pas parler de guerre.