Drama

The Sea Wall

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.

Release Date : 2009-01-07

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Catherine Dussart Productions

Production Country : CambodiaFrance

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Joseph

Original Name : Gaspard Ulliel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Dufresne, la mère

Original Name : Isabelle Huppert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Agosti

Original Name : Stéphane Rideau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzanne

Original Name : Astrid Bergès-Frisbey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le père Bart

Original Name : Vincent Grass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monsieur Jo

Original Name : Randal Douc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carmen

Original Name : Lucy Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le caporal

Original Name : Duong Vanthon

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Khing

Original Name : Doeun Thenn Nan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le père Sok

Original Name : Chorn Solyda

Gender : Male

Character Name : La femme de Pierre

Original Name : Ingrid Mareski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Louis Arsac

Gender : Male

Character Name : A'chan

Original Name : Rosa Meas

Gender : Male

Character Name : A'sok

Original Name : Mang Son

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le chef du village

Original Name : Phén Vann

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Bideau

Original Name : Jean-Pol Brissart

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Jouve

Original Name : Samuel Bartholin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeune agent du cadastre

Original Name : Cédric Eeckhout

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'agent du cadastre

Original Name : Cédric Salze

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le capitaine français

Original Name : Philippe Garcia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le sergent français

Original Name : Emmanuel Collineau

Gender : Male

Character Name : La femme du colonel

Original Name : Reaksmei Sorya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le chauffeur de M. Jo

Original Name : Chantoun Kien

Gender : Male

Character Name : La femme française élégante

Original Name : Sophie Provoost

Gender : Male

Character Name : La deuxième femme française

Original Name : Heylen Unac

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le civil français

Original Name : Robert Monet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le milicien au porte-voix

Original Name : Narith Roeun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le passager

Original Name : André Couderchet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le bagnard

Original Name : Poline Sok

Gender : Male

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