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Funan (2018)

Funan poster
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
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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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