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The Sea Wall
The Sea Wall

The Sea Wall

5.4/10

1hr 55mins

Country:FR

2009

Drama
Spoken Languages: Français

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.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Catherine Dussart Productions, Studio 37, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, Bophana Production

Genre

Drama

Runtime

1hr 55mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

2009-01-07

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