S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)

Original title

S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge

Directed by

Rithy Panh

Genre

documentary film, war film, historical film

Country

Cambodia, France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime meet their former torturers at the site of Prison S-21. They walk through the rooms together and try to understand what happened.

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What happens

S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (French: S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge) is a 2003 documentary film directed by Rithy Panh. Rithy, himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, brought together two former prisoners of the regime with their former captors at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former Security Prison 21 (S-21) under the Khmer Rouge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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