Widely praised following its world premiere as a Special Presentation at theToronto International Film Festival, director Rithy Panh’s (RICE PEOPLE)celebrated period epic set in the rich landscape of French colonialIndochine is a highly successful adaptation of Marguerite Duras' acclaimedand semi-autobiographical novel "Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique", featuringa leading performance by BAFTA Award Winner and recipient of the EuropeanFilm Academy's 2009 Achievement in World Cinema, Isabelle Huppert.Deceived into investing all of her savings in worthless, regularly floodedfarmland, incapable of supporting crops and perilously close to the ocean,THE SEA WALL tells the compelling story of one mother's fight to protect herfamily - Joseph (Gaspard Ulliel, HANNIBAL RISING, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT)and Suzanne (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) from destitution at the hands of acorrupt administration.Battling both the colonial bureaucrats and nature itself, she enlists thehelp of the local villagers, putting into place an elaborate scheme:building a dam against the sea to secure the future of both her family andthe local community.