The Sea WallDirected by Rithy Panh
Produced by Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 55 min
French release : 07/01/2009
Production year : 2007
DirectorActorsSynopsisIndochina, 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a mother survives as best she can with her two children, Joseph (20) and Suzanne (16), who she watches grow up and whose departure she knows is inevitable. Abused by the colonial administration, she has invested all her savings in a block of land that is regularly flooded, and is therefore unable to be farmed. Fighting against the corrupt bureaucrats who've cheated her, and who now threaten to evict her, she puts all her energy into a crazy project: to construct a sea wall with the help of the village farmers. Ruined and obsessed by her undertaking, she more or less leaves Joseph and Suzanne to their own devices. It is then that M.Jo, the son of a rich Chinese businessman, falls under Suzanne's spell. The family tries to take advantage of the situation. Production photos (8)
Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)
Co-production : Orange Studio, France 2 Cinéma
Foreign production company : Scope Pictures
Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution
French distribution : Diaphana Films
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Catherine Dussart
Assistant Director : Pascal Guérin
Author of original work : Marguerite Duras
Associate Producer : Geneviève Lemal
Screenwriters : Rithy Panh, Michel Fessler
Co-producer : Alexandre Lippens
Director of Photography : Pierre Millon
Sound Recordist : Pierre Mertens
Production Manager : Pierre Wallon
Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
Editor : Marie-Christine Rougerie
Sound Editor : Marc Bastien
Continuity supervisor : Géraldine Depardon
Production Designer : Yan Arlaud
Music Composer : Marc Marder
Casting : Gérard Moulevrier
Costume Designer : Édith Vespérini
Sound Mixer : Thomas Gauder
Location Manager : Anne Farrer
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
Production year : 2007
French release : 07/01/2009
Runtime : 1 h 55 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 118.169
Visa issue date : 24/11/2008
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SRD
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