Films to Talk About
Directed by Rithy Panh
With Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï
Not Rated, 112 minutes, DCP
In French and Khmer with English subtitles
Journalist Elizabeth Becker scheduled to appear live!
Meeting with Pol Pot was freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker's account in When The War Was Over and takes viewers to Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) in 1978. There, three journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining, and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large-scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.
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