The Sea Wall (2008)
- Original title
- Un barrage contre le Pacifique
- Directed by
- Rithy Panh
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Cambodia, France, Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A widowed mother fights to keep her land in colonial Cambodia. Her two adult children struggle with their own desires and frustrations as the family faces poverty and the power of the sea.
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What happens
The Sea Wall (French: Un barrage contre le Pacifique) is a 2008 film by Cambodian director Rithy Panh in a French/Cambodian/Belgian co-production. The film opened on 7 January 2009 in France. It was adapted from the 1950 novel The Sea Wall by Marguerite Duras. The novel had previously been adapted as This Angry Age by René Clément in 1958. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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