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Cast
Silvana Mangano | ... |
Suzanne Dufresne
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Anthony Perkins | ... |
Joseph Dufresne
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Richard Conte | ... |
Michael
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Jo Van Fleet | ... |
Mme. Dufresne
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Guido Celano | ... |
Bart
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Shao-Chuan Chu | ... |
Caporal
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Nehemiah Persoff | ... |
Albert
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Yvonne Sanson | ... |
Carmen
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Alida Valli | ... |
Claude
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Larry Williams | ... |
Roland
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Directed by
René Clément |
Written by
René Clément | ... | (screenplay) (as Rene Clement) |
Marguerite Duras | ... | (novel) |
Diego Fabbri | ... | (screenplay) |
Irwin Shaw | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis | ... | producer |
Music by
Nino Rota |
Cinematography by
Otello Martelli |
Editing by
Leo Catozzo |
Editorial Department
Henri Rust | ... | supervising editor (as Henry Rust) |
Art Direction by
Mario Chiari |
Set Decoration by
Piero Gherardi |
Costume Design by
Maria De Matteis |
Production Management
Luigi De Laurentiis | ... | general organizer |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominique Delouche | ... | second assistant director |
Léonard Keigel | ... | assistant director (as Leonard Keigel) |
Art Department
Mario Garbuglia | ... | associated art director |
Italo Tomassi | ... | manager of art department (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Piero Cavazzuti | ... | sound |
Luigi Puri | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Goffredo Bellisario | ... | camera operator |
Sergio Strizzi | ... | still photographer |
Arturo Zavattini | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
Franco Ferrara | ... | conductor |
Additional Crew
Roye Dodge | ... | choreographer |
Mickey Knox | ... | dialogue coach |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rank Film Distributors (1957) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1958) (United States) (theatrical)
- Kamera Film Aktieselskap (1958) (Norway) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Dino (musical edition)
- Librairie Gallimard (publisher of the novel 'Sea Wall')
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- The Government of Thailand (thanks)
- Western Electric (recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In French Indochina, during the 1950s, a family of French colonists struggles to survive amid harsh economic times. The Dufresne family has invested all of its savings into a rice farm.The mother, Mrs. Dufresne, has given all of her love and care to raise her twins. The twins, brother Joseph and sister Suzanne are in their 20s and are inseparable. They love their mother who can sometimes be overly-protective, bossy and stressed out. The family has a few Vietnamese house servants who benefited from the family's generosity when they received free plots of land from the Dufresne homestead. Hard economic times are forcing many farmers to sell their lands to major landowners and corporations. The Dufresne family is regularly asked to sell their farm but mother Dufresne refuses. One day, Albert, the son of a local tycoon, is at the Dufresne farm offering 15,000 dollars for the lands. The price is fair but mother Dufresne refuses to sell, out of pride. Her son, Joseph, tired of the dead-end country life, urges his mother to sell. He wants a chance to live in the large city, where the action is-rock n roll, flashy cars, sexy dames, juke boxes, Coca Cola, trendy clothing and cinema. To his dismay, mother Dufresne refuses to sell her land. Unfortunately, a seasonal tropical storm breaks the sea wall protecting the rice fields. The fields are flooded with salty sea water. Now the land is worth even less than before. Albert returns to the Dufresne homestead with a pitiful offer of 3,000 dollars. In desperation, mother Dufresne urges her daughter to be nice to Albert, who is attracted to her, and marry him or at least to obtain his financial help in order to save the farm. Daughter Suzanne is disgusted by this ploy but takes pity on her miserable mother and decides to please her by accepting Albert's advances. But her heart is set on beautiful drifter Michael whom she met by chance. Her brother Joseph, too, seems to be in-love but with a mature wealthy divorcée. The two siblings must decide whether to listen to their heart or help their mother save the family farm. Written by nufs68 |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | James Dean was in line to play the role of Joseph Dufresne before his death. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Marguerite Duras, l'écriture et la vie (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | Uh Huh (the Crawl) See more » |
Quotes |
Albert:
It's so nice to be with people as gay as you are Suzanne Dufresne: What did he say? Mme. Dufresne: As gay as we are Joseph Dufresne: If he only knew... See more » |