DIRECTOR: Rithy Panh
STARRING: Irene Jacob, Gregoire Colin, Cyril Guei
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 53 minutes
LANGUAGE: French, Khmer
Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country.
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Rithy Panh is a French-Cambodian director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, writer and actor and his latest film is Meeting with Pol Pot. The film made its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, and has since been released in theatres across France and Cambodia.
The Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee (COSC) announced that Meeting With Pol Pot will be their submission after not announcing any film last year.
The film was produced by Anupheap Productions and Catherine Dussart Productions.
Meeting with Pol Pot is a drama and it was filmed in Cambodia and France.
To check out all previous submissions for Cambodia, click HERE.
STARRING: Irene Jacob, Gregoire Colin, Cyril Guei
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 53 minutes
LANGUAGE: French, Khmer
Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country.
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Rithy Panh is a French-Cambodian director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, writer and actor and his latest film is Meeting with Pol Pot. The film made its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, and has since been released in theatres across France and Cambodia.
The Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee (COSC) announced that Meeting With Pol Pot will be their submission after not announcing any film last year.
The film was produced by Anupheap Productions and Catherine Dussart Productions.
Meeting with Pol Pot is a drama and it was filmed in Cambodia and France.
To check out all previous submissions for Cambodia, click HERE.
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