The 17th Parallel
1968 · 113 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 170 VOTES · DIR. Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Joris Ivens
Overview
On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs fall like clockwork. Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan’s record of daily life in one of the most volatile regions of a war-torn, divided country is both a hazardous piece of first-hand journalism and a shattering work in its own right, simmering with barely repressed anger.
Dialogue Timeline — 775 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:08 The 17th Parallel: The People's War
00:04:47 They destroyed everything.
00:07:52 ...only bringing the children with me.
00:09:53 We will never forget our hatred...
00:11:54 ...side by side, in work and in combat.
00:14:15 ...develop a physical exercise program.
00:19:57 When I managed to stick my head out...
00:22:03 Thu, I should tell you...
00:29:16 A house protects man from sun and rain.
00:34:48 Each handful of rice saved is also a victory.
00:38:09 Our sector here is bombarded day and night.
00:40:14 ...the building of solid shelters.
00:46:15 Harpagon's mood...
00:51:50 Our heavy artillery rumbled...
00:54:18 Fire the shells of justice, my son!
01:01:26 Will it be finished soon, Mother?
01:10:47 The explosions can bring down any helicopter.
01:16:03 This training is in case of a landing.
01:22:07 Some villages...
01:26:05 Let us avenge our Hanoi and Vinh Linh compatriots!
01:35:51 One card!
01:39:59 ...some ground for the helicopters.
01:42:17 Are you afraid of Americans? - No.
01:51:07 "Still" means "stop".
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed775
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line01:51:07
Production Record
DirectorMarceline Loridan-Ivens, Joris Ivens
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes170