Khmer film wins at Cannes
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Khmer film wins at Cannes
http://news.yahoo.com/cambodian-film-po ... 18721.html
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CANNES, France (AP) — An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able "to have the freedom to do the films I want to do."
Panh's film, based on his nightmarish memoir "The Elimination," documents his own family's experience under the heavy-handed Communist Party's Khmer Rouge, which resulted in the death of his parents and sisters.
The "Un Certain Regard" accolade, presented one day before the Palme d'Or and decided by a jury of cinema insiders, rewards works from up-and-coming filmmakers or those that transmit original messages and aesthetics.
The premise of the "missing picture" in the film is that because of censorship within Cambodia, no photo exists that documents the atrocities committed against Panh's his family and relatives during Pol Pot's four-year reign of terror from 1975 to 1979.
The tale is told using old documentary footage, or whatever footage remained from the time, which was mainly of propaganda by the dictatorship. To represent his deceased relatives, Panh used hundreds of carefully carved clay figures.
link to movie, anyone?
CANNES, France (AP) — An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able "to have the freedom to do the films I want to do."
Panh's film, based on his nightmarish memoir "The Elimination," documents his own family's experience under the heavy-handed Communist Party's Khmer Rouge, which resulted in the death of his parents and sisters.
The "Un Certain Regard" accolade, presented one day before the Palme d'Or and decided by a jury of cinema insiders, rewards works from up-and-coming filmmakers or those that transmit original messages and aesthetics.
The premise of the "missing picture" in the film is that because of censorship within Cambodia, no photo exists that documents the atrocities committed against Panh's his family and relatives during Pol Pot's four-year reign of terror from 1975 to 1979.
The tale is told using old documentary footage, or whatever footage remained from the time, which was mainly of propaganda by the dictatorship. To represent his deceased relatives, Panh used hundreds of carefully carved clay figures.
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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Congratulations are due to the eminent Mr Rithy Panh.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
I really like rithy pan, he makes great films.The une soir apres la guerre film was so well made and so sad,I will be watching the latest one.I think that rithy pan is cambodias greatest living treasure, apart from whatisname and his family.
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I second that. Great film. I also liked Rice People. It is a pretty good look at the Khmer Countryside. For Khmer language students one Amazon reviewer described it as "A perfect study aid for intermediate level students of Khmer. The dialogue is crystal clear. The folksy style and intimate forms of address between rural husband and wife are something you'll never get from any text book, but if you are from rural America you will recognize the similarities.
It is pretty easy to find an illegal inferior pirate copy with English subtitles locally.
It is pretty easy to find an illegal inferior pirate copy with English subtitles locally.
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Can anyone on here point me in the right direction on where to find a torrent for "Rice People"?
Been looking for ages but to no avail.
Been looking for ages but to no avail.
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"The Land of Wandering Souls" was the first of his films I saw, around 10 years ago, and it was one of the most moving documentaries I have ever seen.
I watched this again tonight, I saw it on TV a few years ago and was a bit distracted so didn't really understand it. It's got wonderful cinematography and is a brilliant period piece, although all the sets were a bit too "sanitized" to look convincing.
I really admire the way he has done documentaries, history, dramas and this new very experimental style he has come up with, can't wait to see his new movie.
I watched this again tonight, I saw it on TV a few years ago and was a bit distracted so didn't really understand it. It's got wonderful cinematography and is a brilliant period piece, although all the sets were a bit too "sanitized" to look convincing.
I really admire the way he has done documentaries, history, dramas and this new very experimental style he has come up with, can't wait to see his new movie.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
I believe this one works - Torrent link removed -flashinthepan wrote:Can anyone on here point me in the right direction on where to find a torrent for "Rice People"?
Been looking for ages but to no avail.
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.(Marx)
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Ah, whoever uploaded it on KAT spelled it with an 's' at the end which is why I had trouble finding it.Typhoon wrote:I believe this one works - Torrent link removed -flashinthepan wrote:Can anyone on here point me in the right direction on where to find a torrent for "Rice People"?
Been looking for ages but to no avail.
Thanks so much for the link , and I'll be seeding this for a long time.
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