First They Killed My Father (2017)
- Directed by
- Angelina Jolie
- Genre
- docudrama, biographical film, thriller film, historical film
- Country
- Cambodia, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 714 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young girl in 1975 Cambodia is torn from her family and forced into a child soldier training camp under the Khmer Rouge. The film follows her struggle to survive as her siblings are sent to labor camps.
harrowingintimatesuspensefulbleakvisceralsoberingslow-burnemotionally intense
What happens
First They Killed My Father (Khmer: មុនដំបូងខ្មែរក្រហមសម្លាប់ប៉ារបស់ខ្ញុំ, romanized: Mŭn Dâmbong Khmêr Krâhâm Sâmloăb Pa Rôbás Khnhŭm, lit. 'First The Khmer Rouge Killed My Father') is a 2017 Khmer-language biographical thriller film directed by Angelina Jolie and written by Jolie and Loung Ung. The film is based on Ung's eponymous memoir. Set in 1975, the film depicts 5-year-old Loung, who is forced to train as a child soldier while her siblings are sent to labor camps during the Khmer Rouge regime. The film was screened at the Telluride Film Festival and 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released worldwide on Netflix on September 15, 2017, to positive critical reception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Before the Fall (2015)
Angkar (2018)
Jailbreak (2017)
Funan (2018)
The Burnt Theatre (2005)
Still I Strive (2012)
S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)
Red Wedding (2012)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.