A stopping against the Pacific
See also: a stopping against the Pacific (homonymy)
a stopping against the Pacific is a novel of Marguerite Duras published in 1950.
Synopsis
In the south of the French Indo-China, in the years 1920, a sick widow lives with her two children, Joseph and Suzanne (20 and 16 years). Their Bungalow is isolated in the marshy plain from Kam.The mother wants to marry Suzanne with Mr Jo, rich person, but ugly.
Mr OJ tries to buy Suzanne because it wishes it. It offers beauty products, a gramophone to him then finally a ring with a Diamant, but this diamond contains a clamping plate. This novel is the description of existing misery in Indo-China, of the children who die the every day, one swindles dignitaries who sell noncultivable concessions. With the wire of the novel, one meets characters with strong characters: The mother, Suzanne, Joseph but also Carmen, Lina, etc
Film adaptation
- In 1958: Stopping against the Pacific realized by Rene Clement, with Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins.
- In 2008: a stopping against the Pacific , currently in turning, realized by Rithy Panh, with Isabelle Huppert in the role of the mother and Gaspard Ulliel in the role of Joseph, the son. The exit of film is announced for August 2008.
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