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The Sea Wall (2008) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2008 · 115 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Rithy Panh
- Starring
- Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel, Stéphane Rideau, Randal Douc, Cédric Eeckhout, Vincent Grass
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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