New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

The Donut King

2020

English

7.1

♡ 3

97%

Alice Gu Director

Daewon Song as Self

Chuong Pek Lee as Self

Susan Lim as Self

Ted Ngoy as Self

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut.

Funan

2018

French

♡ 29

93%

based on a true story

husband wife relationship

War

Denis Do Director

Erika Ishii as Chan

Bérénice Bejo as Chou

Ren Hanami as Chou's Mom

Louis Garrel as Khuon

Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…

Holy Lola

2004

French

6.5

40%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Anne Loiret as Nicole

Séverine Caneele as Patricia

Frédéric Pierrot as Xavier

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as Yves Fontaine

The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.

The Gate

2014

French

6.3

♡ 3

44%

Régis Wargnier Director

Raphaël Personnaz as Bizot

Olivier Gourmet as Marsac

Steve Driesen as Père Vernet

Vibol-Joseph Sok as Security Guard

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity.

Two Brothers

2004

English

7.0

♡ 14

78%

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Guy Pearce as Aidan McRory

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Mrs. Normandin

Freddie Highmore as Raoul Normandin

Moussa Maaskri as Saladin

Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.

First They Killed My Father

2017

English

7.2

♡ 22

88%

Angelina Jolie Director

Run Malyna as Chaou

Mun Kimhak as Kim

Heng Dara as Meng

Henry Kissinger as Self

A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Wish You Were Here

2012

English

5.9

♡ 18

71%

Kieran Darcy-Smith Director

Joel Edgerton as Dave Flannery

Valerie Bader as Helen King

Antony Starr as Jeremy King

Teresa Palmer as Steph McKinney

Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?

The Missing Picture

2013

French

7.3

♡ 3

99%

Rithy Panh Director

Jean-Baptiste Phou as Narrator

Randal Douc as Narrator

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Beyond Borders

2003

English

6.4

♡ 39

14%

central intelligence agency (cia)

Martin Campbell Director

Timothy West as Lawrence Bauford

Joseph Antaki as Rebel

John Bourgeois as Rolly

Angelina Jolie as Sarah Jordan

Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.

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