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The Sea Wall

5.3(41)20091h 55m1

The film centers on a young French widow and her two adolescent children as they attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930s. Their efforts are hampered each year by the presence of the sea, which invariably floods the fields with saltwater and wipes out the crops. In desperation, the mother realizes that their only hope lies in the construction of a sea wall to prevent continued flooding, but the mother must cut a swath through the local bureaucracy in an almost Sisyphean attempt to make this happen. Meanwhile, her obstinate daughter, Suzanne, draws the romantic obsessions of a well-to-do Chinese gentleman, Monsieur Jo. Though he could easily provide a way out, the possibility of a romantic relationship between Jo and Suzanne could just as easily fall prey to local racial prejudices that would damage or ruin the lives of both.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Rithy Panh

Produced in

Cambodia, France, Belgium

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Release dates

  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2008
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical7 Jan 2009
    • Physical20 Aug 2009
  • GermanyDE

    • TVarte7 Oct 2020
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereRome Film Festival24 Oct 2008

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The Sea Wall was released on 7 January 2009.

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