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.
Unfortunately the movie The Sea Wall is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela | Producer |
Directing | Rithy Panh | Director |
Writing | Rithy Panh | Writer |
Writing | Michel Fessler | Writer |
Writing | Marguerite Duras | Novel |
Sound | Marc Marder | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Marie-Christine Rougerie | Editor |
Production | Cati Couteau | Producer |
Production | Catherine Dussart | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Edith Vesperini | Costume Design |
Camera | Pierre Milon | Director of Photography |
Production | Fabrice Delville | Finance |
Production | Geneviève Lemal | Co-Producer |
Production | Alexandre Lippens | Executive Producer |
Production | Alain-Gilles Viellevoye | Finance |
Art | Yan Arlaud | Production Design |
Art | Benoit Cisilkiewick | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Stéphane Desmarez | Hairstylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Judith Gayo | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Antonella Prestigiacomo | Key Hair Stylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Pascal Thiollier | Makeup Department Head |
Production | Anne Farrer | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Nora Thomas | Assistant Production Manager |
Production | Pierre Wallon | Production Manager |
Directing | Pascal Guerin | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Leslie Gwinner | Second Assistant Director |
Art | Benoit Cisilkiewick | Set Dresser |
Art | Hélène Imbert | Painter |
Art | Sreyra In | Art Department Coordinator |
Art | Jean-Christophe Lognos | Props |
Art | Frank Monseigny | First Assistant Art Direction |
Sound | Marc Bastien | Sound Editor |
Sound | François Dumont | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | Pierre Mertens | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Xavier Thieulin | Sound Mix Technician |
Sound | Olivier Thys | Assistant Foley Artist |
Sound | Philippe van Leer | Foley Artist |
Sound | Paul Heymans | Sound Engineer |
Crew | Grégoire Delage | Special Effects Technician |
Visual Effects | Charles-Axel Vollard | Special Effects Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Benjamin Ageorges | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Stéphane Bidault | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Bruno Nicolas | Visual Effects |
Camera | Thanaporn Arkamanon | Still Photographer |
Camera | Vincent Buron | First Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Aurélien Gerbault | Gaffer |
Camera | Patrick Llopis | Key Grip |
Lighting | Cyril Mousseigne | Lighting Technician |
Costume & Make-Up | Marie Rospabé | Wardrobe Supervisor |
Editing | Mathias Bouffier | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Mathilde Delacroix | Color Timer |
Writing | Agnès Sénémaud | Lyricist |