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Kampuchea (2009)

Kampuchea poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
9 min

How it feels

Set in Phnom Penh decades after the Khmer Rouge genocide, the documentary shows how a barrier of silence between parents and their children is beginning to soften. Older generations start to speak openly about the country's traumatic past.

observationalreflectivesomberslow-pacededucationalintimategroundedcontemplativesobering

What happens

Kampuchea er en dansk udviklingsbistandsfilm fra 2009 instrueret af Sofie Marie Kristensen og Mikael Svendsen. Filmen foregår i Phnom Penh godt tredive år efter Pol Pots rædselsregime og folkedrab. Dengang skete helt uhyrlige ting, som det siden har været svært at tale om. Der har været en barriere mellem forældregenerationen og de unge, men der er ved at ske en opblødning. Forældregenerationen er begyndt at åbne sig om landets dramatiske historie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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