The Burnt Theatre (2005)

Original title

Les artistes du Théâtre Brûlé

Directed by

Rithy Panh

Genre

docudrama

Country

Cambodia, France

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of Cambodian actors and dancers who perform in the ruins of a burned-out national theatre. They try to keep their art alive while dealing with their difficult daily lives.

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What happens

The Burnt Theatre (Khmer: មហោស្រពដែលឆេះ, romanized: mhaosrap del cheh, French: Les Artistes du théâtre brûlé) is a 2005 French-Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practise their art in the burned-out shell of Cambodia's former national theatre, the Preah Suramarit National Theatre in Phnom Penh. The Burnt Theatre premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival as an official selection in the out-of-competition main programme, and has been screened at several other film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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