The Sea Wall (film)

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The Sea Wall
Un barrage contre le Pacifique.jpg
Directed by Rithy Panh
Written by Marguerite Duras (novel)
Rithy Panh
Michel Fessler
Produced byCati Couteau
Catherine Dussart
CinematographyPierre Milon
Edited byMarie-Christine Rougerie
Music byMarc Marder
Distributed by Axiom Films (UK and Ireland)
Release dates
  • September 9, 2008 (2008-09-09)(Canada)
  • January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07)(France)
CountriesFrance
Cambodia
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$7.1 million
Box office$1.6 million [1]

The Sea Wall (French : Un barrage contre le Pacifique) is a 2008 film by Cambodian director Rithy Panh in a French/Cambodian/Belgian co-production. [2] The film opened on 7 January 2009 in France. It was adapted from the 1950 novel The Sea Wall by Marguerite Duras. [3] The novel had previously been adapted as This Angry Age by René Clément in 1958.

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References

  1. "Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2009) - JPBox-Office".
  2. The Sea Wall at AllMovie
  3. Duras, Marguerite (1986). The Sea Wall. ISBN   0060970537.