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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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