Tenement (2024)

Original title

អ្នកស្នងអគារ

Directed by

Sokyou Chea, Inrasothythep Neth

Genre

folk horror film

Country

Cambodia

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman moves into an old tenement building in Cambodia. She discovers that the building's history is tied to the country's painful past, and dark forces begin to affect her.

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What happens

Tenement (Khmer: អ្នកស្នងអគារ, romanized: anak snang akear) is a 2024 Cambodian folk horror film written and directed by Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea in their directorial debuts. The film also symbolizes Cambodia’s turbulent past by sympathizing with the Khmer people. The film had its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition section at the 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was also premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2024. The film had its theatrical release in Cambodian theatres on 14 November 2024. It was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but was not on the list of films accepted by the academy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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