In partnership with Alliance Française Chicago and Asian Pop-Up Cinema

DIRECTOR: Rithy Panh
WRITTERS: Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh
STARRING: Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï, Bunhok Lim, Chhel Chamrong, Roeun Narith

SYNOPSIS

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French 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. Freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker’s account in When The War Was Over.

The film first showed in May 2024 at Cannes in Premiere and also screened in competition at Mediterrane festival.

FRANCOPHONIE 2025 SCREENING

France, Cambodia, Taiwan, Qatar, Turkey | Drama | 2024 | 112 mins.
In French and Cambodian w/ English subtitles

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