The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Valérie UrreaDirector
- Nathalie MasduraudDirector
- Baptiste CharvetOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Romane BohringerSelf - Reader
- Ann Laura StolerSelf- Anthropologist
- Françoise VergèsSelf - Politologist
- Alain RuscioSelf - Historian
- Boulomsouk SvadphaiphaneSelf - Writer
- Marguerite DurasSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookracismforced prostitutionwoman directorfrench colonialism1950swhite supremacyportrait of an artistindochina warfrench writer