The Last Reel (2014)

Original title

ដុំហ្វីលចុងក្រោយ

Directed by

Kulikar Sotho

Genre

drama film

Country

Cambodia

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Cambodian woman discovers an unfinished film from the Khmer Rouge era. Learning about her family’s past forces her to reconcile with hidden traumas. The story weaves together present-day struggles and historical memory.

melancholicnostalgiccontemplativeemotionally resonantslow-burnpoignantintimatevisually understated

What happens

The Last Reel (Khmer: ដុំហ្វីលចុងក្រោយ, Dom Fil Chongkraoy) is a 2014 Cambodian drama film co-produced and directed by Kulikar Sotho and written by Ian Masters. The film was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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