Pornotropic

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.

Director: Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urrea

Cast: Romane Bohringer, Ann Laura Stoler, Françoise Vergès, Alain Ruscio, Boulomsouk Svadphaiphane, Marguerite Duras

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.