The Sea Wall

Year: 2008

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: French

Director: Rithy Panh

Drama

In 1930s French Indochina, a young French widow struggles to sustain her family by farming rice on coastal plains constantly flooded with salt water. Determined to protect the fields, she battles colonial bureaucracy to build a sea wall. Meanwhile her headstrong daughter Suzanne draws the attention of affluent Chinese gentleman Monsieur Jo, whose budding romance risks racial prejudice that could endanger both families.

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