Meeting with Pol Pot (2024)

Original title

Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot

Directed by

Rithy Panh

Genre

historical drama

Country

Taiwan, Qatar, Cambodia, France

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

14

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three journalists travel to Cambodia in the late 1970s to interview the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. They become entangled in the regime's propaganda machinery while witnessing the aftermath of the genocide.

sombertensehistoricalthought-provokingdeliberatebleakseriousunsettling

What happens

Meeting with Pol Pot (French: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot, Khmer: ណាត់ជួបជាមួយ ប៉ុល ពត, romanized: natchuob cheamuoy bol pot) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Rithy Panh. Starring Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin and Cyril Gueï. It is partially based on real events and on the book When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Elizabeth Becker. Meeting with Pol Pot had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2024 in the Cannes Premiere section. The film was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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