The Sea Wall (2008)

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115 min - Drama - 7 January 2009 (France)

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A troubled mother's spirit crumbles when her adult children strike out for independence. Feeling abandoned she contemplates taking drastic action.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Isabelle Huppert	...	La mère
	Gaspard Ulliel	...	Joseph
	Astrid Bergès-Frisbey	...	Suzanne
	Randal Douc	...	Monsieur Jo
	Vanthon Duong	...	Le caporal
	Stéphane Rideau	...	Agosti
	Lucy Harrison	...	Carmen
	Doeun Thenn Nan	...	M. Khing
	Chorn Solyda	...	Le père Sok (as Solida Chorn)
	Ingrid Mareski	...	La femme de Pierre
	Louis Arsac	...	Pierre
	Rosa Meas	...	A'chan
	Mang Son	...	A'sok
	Phén Vann	...	Le chef du village
	Jean-Pol Brissart	...	M. Bideau

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French Indochina, 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a Widow and her two children, Joseph, 2o, and Suzanne, 16, barely survive by exploiting rice fields located much too close to the ocean. Every year their crops are flooded and their only hope lies in the construction of a seawall. The mother refuses to give up and desperately battles both the sea and the corrupt colonial bureaucrats ... Written by Guy Bellinger

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Remake | Based On Novel

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France | Cambodia | Belgium

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French

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7 January 2009 (France) See more »

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Ena fragma ston Eiriniko See more »

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Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP), Studio 37, France 2 Cinéma See more »

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Canada: 115 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

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French visa # 119169 delivered on 24-11-2008. See more »

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Remake of This Angry Age (1958) See more »

The Sea Wall (2008)
Un barrage contre le Pacifique (original title)

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