French Indochina, 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a Widow and her two children, Joseph, 2o, and Suzanne, 16, barely survive by exploiting rice fields located much too close to the ocean. Every year their crops are flooded and their only hope lies in the construction of a seawall. The mother refuses to give up and desperately battles both the sea and the corrupt colonial bureaucrats …
Release Date: 7 January 2009Runtime: 115 min
Stars:
- Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
- Chorn Solyda
- Doeun Thenn Nan
- Gaspard Ulliel
- Ingrid Mareski
- Isabelle Huppert
- Jean-Pol Brissart
- Louis Arsac
- Lucy Harrison
- Mang Son
- Phén Vann
- Randal Douc
- Rosa Meas
- Stéphane Rideau
- Vanthon Duong
Director: Rithy Panh
