S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine (2003)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 41M
Director : Rithy Panh
Escritor : Rithy Panh
Sinopsis
Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.
On one of his last trips before retirement, a plane of an illegal gunrunner in Vietnam is shot down where he hooks up Annie Belle, a humanitarian rebel.
In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal reign of Pol Pot). Cameron has to smuggle out his girlfriend Mieng (Nit Alisa) before she is killed (along with the other two million Cambodians), but he cannot manage this alone. He enlists the aid of an American Vietnam vet and the help of a few Khmer men. Eventually, Cameron makes his way into Cambodia where he encounters many dangers, some human and some inhuman.
WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? is a highly charged murder mystery, a political thriller, and a documentary like no other. In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. As international pressure mounted, two men were swiftly arrested and convicted of the crime, each sentenced to twenty years in prison. Filmmaker Bradley Cox’s five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society. Winner of a 2011 Peabody Award among many other honors and banned by the Cambodian government, WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? uncovers the face of dictatorship behind the mask of democracy.
In a small village, Nhi comes across a Snake Immortal and falls in love with him. She becomes pregnant by the snake, but does not tell her husband. When he discovers the truth, he kills both Nhi and the Snake Immortal. One of the small snakes escapes from Nhi's abdomen, and is brought up by another immortal. Slowly the snake grows up to be a beautiful woman, who sets out to develop another relationship.
Primer largometraje de ficción dirigido por Rithy Panh, el más importante cineasta camboyano, que se centra en las dificultades de una familia cuya vida gira en torno al cultivo del arroz, y que a su vez, sirve como metáfora del sufrimiento y la ausencia de futuro de su propio pueblo durante y tras el genoc
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A powerful feature documentary about child sexploitation, an epidemic happening in every country around the world. Filmed over a four year period, REDLIGHT focuses on the personal stories of young Cambodian victims and two remarkable advocates for change: grass-roots activist Somaly Mam and politician Mu Sochua. Using gritty footage smuggled out of brothels and harrowing testimonials, REDLIGHT follows the plight of several current and former child sex slaves. Some are trying to regain entry into Cambodian society to find some semblance of normality after their horrific experiences. Other stories highlight the plight of victims who are attempting to bring the perpetrators to justice. Their torturous yet ultimately heroic battles to find witnesses and take brothel owners to court are dramatically brought to life in this topical and moving feature documentary.
Mike Martin es un ex-agente de la CIA, aunque la agencia quiere retenerlo a toda costa. El caso es que acaba en prisión y solo se librará si acepta una misión trampa en Tailandia, en la que todos esperan que no saldrá vivo.
Durante la guerra de Vietnam, al joven Capitán Willard, un oficial de los servicios de inteligencia del ejército estadounidense, se le ha encomendado entrar en Camboya con la peligrosa misión de eliminar a Kurtz, un coronel renegado que se ha vuelto loco. El capitán deberá ir navegar por el río hasta el corazón de la selva, donde parece ser que Kurtz reina como un buda despótico sobre los miembros de la tribu Montagnard, que le adoran como a un dios.
Sydney es un periodista del "The New York Times" enviado a Camboya en 1972 como corresponsal de guerra. Una vez allí, conoce a Dith Pran, un nativo que le sirve de guía e intérprete durante la guerra. En 1975, al caer el gobierno camboyano, los EE.UU. se retiran del país, y toda la familia de Pran emigra a Norteamérica excepto él, que decide quedarse con el periodista para seguir ayudándole. Ambos viven refugiados en la embajada francesa, pero cuando deciden abandonar Camboya, el ejército revolucionario prohíbe salir del país a Pran, que es recluido en un campo de concentración.
El cómodo mundo de Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie), una ingenua americana residente en Londres, da un vuelco cuando Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) se cuela en un baile para recaudar fondos y hace un apasionado alegato a favor de los niños hambrientos de África. Atraída por Nick y su causa, Sarah abandona las comodidades de su residencia londinense para viajar a aquel destrozado continente, decidida a ver la realidad del mundo y experimentar la pasión que Nick ha despertado en ella. Pero Sarah no tarda en darse cuenta de la dura realidad de la vida de Nick cuando ve las condiciones en las que trabaja. Asombrada por el peligro al que se enfrenta todos los días, Sarah se compromete cada vez más con este hombre cautivador y absolutamente entregado a su trabajo. Sarah regresa a Londres y se dedica a recaudar fondos mientras intenta resucitar su matrimonio.
Dos décadas después de forjar una alianza poco probable en la Camboya de Pol Pot, un etnólogo francés y ex funcionario del Khmer Rouge se reencuentran después de que éste es arrestado por crímenes de lesa humanidad.
After seeing his parents and grandmother killed by the Vietnamese, a 12 year old Khmer boy flees with his baby sister in an attempt to reach safety in Thailand. On the way he befriends a group of Khmer fighters.
Entre 1975 y 1979, el dictador Pol Pot y sus jemeres rojos fueron responsables de la muerte de 1,7 millones de camboyanos. Este documental analiza uno de los genocidios más brutales del siglo XX, en el que un cuarto de la población del país fue asesinada.
Shickman, the film’s central subject, has been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 8 years along with his baby’s mama, Saran. He is the soul provider of the pair and earns his meager living by reading tarot cards street side. Saran is Cambodian, drinks often, was once married to a man of which she had several kids with (all but one are in foster care). Aside from having to contend with each other, the two must also be weary of the human vultures that eye their daughters with hopes of turning a profit on the black market. Surely, the future for these people are a bleak one.
Durante muchos años el director Rithy Panh ha buscado una fotografía que le faltaba: Una instantánea tomada entre 1975 y 1979 de Khmers Rouges cuando se encontraba en Camboya. Por supuesto, por sí misma una imagen no puede probar el genocidio, pero nos anima a pensar, a meditar, escribe la historia. La buscó en vano en los archivos, en documentos antiguos, en el campo camboyano. Para suplir esta ausencia, ha creado este largometraje que no es una imagen, ni la búsqueda de una imagen única, sino la imagen de una búsqueda: una búsqueda que sólo el cine permite llevar a cabo. El filme se presentó a competición en el Festival de Cannes de 2013 en la sección de "Un certain Regard".
Set in the newly-pacified Phnom Penh, this film is about the return to civilian life of Cambodian soldiers.
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CAMBODIA/KAMPUCHEA draws on unique propaganda film and archival material from the Khmer Rouge, Vietnam and other sources. This is set against the grim realities of the Kampuchean tragedy. As a continuing theme, the film features exclusive interviews with Prince Sihanouk, who offers explanations for and insights into the role he has played in the fate of his luckless country. This definitive film study delves to the roots of the conflict, making sense of the madness, the politics and contradictions. It captures the epic spirit and passions of a people when a whole world is overturned.