Funan (2018)

Directed by

Denis Do

Genre

historical drama

Country

France, Belgium, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, a mother is separated from her young son in the chaos of forced relocation. She then undertakes a determined search to find him amid the turmoil.

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What happens

Funan is a 2018 period drama animated film directed by Denis Do and written by Do and Magali Pouzol with the participation of Elise Trinh, about a Cambodian woman's search for her son, who was separated from her during a chaotic forced relocation at the beginning of the Khmer Rouge revolution in April 1975. The original-language version of the film, in which the dialogue is principally in French, stars the voices of Bérénice Bejo and Louis Garrel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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