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Meeting with Pol Pot / Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 3.00 pm
- audi 1
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 8.45 pm
- kalabhavan
Screening 3
- 19th December
- 8.30 pm
- Ajantha
Rithy Panh
Director's bio
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh, born on April 18, 1964, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a renowned Cambodian documentary film director, author, and screenwriter. Panh's first documentary feature film, "Site 2," about Cambodian refugees, won the Grand Prix du Documentaire at the Festival of Amiens. His 1994 film "Rice People," which depicts a rural family's struggles in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia, was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was Cambodia's first submission for the Academy Awards. His 2003 documentary "S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine" is one of his most acclaimed works, reuniting former prisoners and their captors from the Khmer Rouge's Tuol Sleng prison. Panh's first documentary feature film, "Site 2," about Cambodian refugees, won the Grand Prix du Documentaire at the Festival of Amiens. His 1994 film "Rice People," which depicts a rural family's struggles in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia, was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was Cambodia's first submission for the Academy Awards. His 2003 documentary "S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine" is one of his most acclaimed works, reuniting former prisoners and their captors from the Khmer Rouge's Tuol Sleng prison.
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.
Details of Cast
Irène Jacob as Lise Delbo Grégoire Colin as Alain Cariou Cyril Gueï as Paul Thomas Bun-Hok Lim as Camarade Sung Leng Thirith as Somaline Mao Sovann Nhoeb as Chan Paov Pitu as Ta Mok Siden In as Chef d'atelier Sophourn Has as Ieng Sary Tithya Nouhem as The Interpreter Sok Sothun as The Old Man
Details of Crew
Cinematography: Aymerick Pilarski Editing: Matthieu Laclau, Rithy Panh Music: Marc Marder
Producer Details
Catherine Dussart, Roger Huang, Justine O.
Writer Details
Rithy Panh, Pierre-Erwan Guillaume
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