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201890 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Historical Events Colonialism

Angkar

201890 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Khonsaly confronts his former Khmer Rouge executioners in the village where they lived together for four years.

Historical Events Colonialism

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Neary Adeline Hay

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Khonsaly confronts his former Khmer Rouge executioners in the village where they lived together for four years.

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Khonsaly confronts his former Khmer Rouge executioners in a village where they lived for four years. The documentary presents their interactions against the backdrop of Cambodia’s turbulent past. As they face each other, past identities resurface. This encounter reveals lingering memories and untold stories from a period marked by violence and fear. The film runs for 90 minutes and was released in 2018.

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