As the Khmer Rouge carves a path of death throughout the land, a Czech doctor falls in love with a Cambodian woman. Their relationship, though sorely strained by the war's horrors, produces a child. The doctor is separated from his family once Pol Pot assumes control.
Production
Shot on location in 1980s Cambodia with actual survivors
Acting
Oum Sovanny's silent resilience speaks volumes
Direction
Muchna frames horror through domestic intimacy
Director
Milan Muchna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Muchna smuggled film stock through Soviet bloc customs by pretending he was making a agricultural documentary.
One of only three Cambodian-Khmer Rouge films made with Czechoslovak cooperation during the Communist era, now nearly lost.
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