This Angry Age (1958)

This Angry Age is a French film first released in 1958, directed by René Clément.  The film is based on a novel by Marguerite Duras and stars Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte, Jo Van Fleet and Guido Celano.  It has also been released under the title: The Sea Wall.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


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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