This Angry Age (1958) - film review

Drama

Summary

With her savings, Madame Dufresne purchases a rice field which she has protected from Pacific typhoons with a dam. The crop from this field is sufficient to save fifty families from famine, although Madame Dufresne’s children dream of a more conventional life in the city...

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Best movie that I’ve seen. I am one of the US Navy Sailors appearing at the bar in the resturant – during filming of the scene while Richard Conti and Silvana Mongano were eating/talking.
William C. Braxton (Pensacola, Fl.)

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Credits

Director: René Clément
Script: Marguerite Duras (novel), Diego Fabbri, Irwin Shaw
Photo: Otello Martelli
Music: Nino Rota, Sam Coslow, Billy Dawn, Leroy Kirkland, Alvy West
Cast: Silvana Mangano (Suzanne Dufresne), Anthony Perkins (Joseph Dufresne), Richard Conte (Michael), Jo Van Fleet (Mme. Dufresne), Guido Celano (Bart), Chu Shao Chuan (Caporal), Nehemiah Persoff (Albert), Yvonne Sanson (Carmen), Alida Valli (Claude), Lawrence A. Williams (Roland)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 100 min
Aka: The Sea Wall; Barrage contre le Pacifique

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