Eden Cinema
Eden Cinema (L'Éden Cinéma) Author: Marguerite Duras
First Performance: 1977, Paris
Published: 1977
First English Translation: 1988
Genre: Drama in 2 acts
Setting: Bungalow and surrounding country, Upper Cambodia, Central Hotel, Saigon, 1931
Cast: 3m, 2f
The Mother bought a concession in French Indochina with money saved from working at the Eden Cinema, but because she didn't pay any bribes, the land was useless. It was regularly flooded by the sea, even when sea walls were built, and she and her two children, Suzanne and Joseph, and their loyal servant ‘the Corporal’ were reduced to poverty. They go to the local port of Réam, where they meet the millionaire Mr Jo, who is attracted to Suzanne. Suzanne insists on marriage before she will accede to Mr Jo's pleadings for sex....
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