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Un barrage contre le Pacifique

Un barrage contre le Pacifique

(2009)

Overview

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Rithy Panh
  2. Producer : Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela,Catherine Dussart,Cati Couteau
  3. Writer : Michel Fessler,Rithy Panh
  4. Editor : Marie-Christine Rougerie
  5. Cast : Gaspard Ulliel,Isabelle Huppert,Stéphane Rideau,Astrid Bergès-Frisbey,Vincent Grass,Randal Douc,Lucy Harrison,Duong Vanthon,Doeun Thenn Nan,Chorn Solyda,Ingrid Mareski,Louis Arsac,Rosa Meas,Mang Son,Phén Vann,Jean-Pol Brissart,Samuel Bartholin,Cédric Eeckhout,Cédric Salze,Philippe Garcia,Emmanuel Collineau,Reaksmei Sorya,Chantoun Kien,Sophie Provoost,Heylen Unac,Robert Monet,Narith Roeun,André Couderchet,Poline Sok

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Original TitleUn barrage contre le Pacifique

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2009-01-07

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 55m

Production CompaniesCatherine Dussart Productions

Genres

  • Drama

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