

The Sea Wall
Drama
Overview
The film centers on a young French widow and her two adolescent children as they attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930s. Their efforts are hampered each year by the presence of the sea, which invariably floods the fields with saltwater and wipes out the crops. In desperation, the mother realizes that their only hope lies in the construction of a sea wall to prevent continued flooding, but the mother must cut a swath through the local bureaucracy in an almost Sisyphean attempt to make this happen. Meanwhile, her obstinate daughter, Suzanne, draws the romantic obsessions of a well-to-do Chinese gentleman, Monsieur Jo. Though he could easily provide a way out, the possibility of a romantic relationship between Jo and Suzanne could just as easily fall prey to local racial prejudices that would damage or ruin the lives of both.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
2009-01-07
Runtime:
1h 55m
Director:
Rithy Panh
Writer:
Michel Fessler, Rithy Panh
Top Cast

Gaspard Ulliel
Joseph

Isabelle Huppert
Madame Dufresne, la mère

Stéphane Rideau
Agosti

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
Suzanne

Vincent Grass
Le père Bart

Randal Douc
Monsieur Jo

Lucy Harrison
Carmen

Duong Vanthon
Le caporal

Doeun Thenn Nan
M. Khing

Chorn Solyda
Le père Sok

Ingrid Mareski
La femme de Pierre

Louis Arsac
Pierre
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