The Donut King
- 2020
- 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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This documentary tells Ted Ngoy's story that is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption.This documentary tells Ted Ngoy's story that is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption.This documentary tells Ted Ngoy's story that is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 3 nominations
Christie Suganthini
- Self
- (as Christie 'Suganthini')
Chuong Pek Lee
- Self
- (as Chuong Lee)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNom Kong is the Cambodian equivalent of the donut.
- GoofsCash register seen in a montage from the 1970's has US dollars with large portraits on the front, a design that was not in circulation until the 2000's.
- Quotes
Ronald Reagan: We are going to keep the mighty engine of this nation revved up... to each one of you I say, you ain't seen nothing yet
- ConnectionsFeatures Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Featured review
Behold the donut. The donut be-holed.
As this well-paced and engaging makes clear, there are a great variety of donuts. That said the quintessential donut is an item defined by its absence, and that emptiness is precisely located at the center of it.
You can glaze it, cover it with sprinkles but still the hole remains.
Perhaps a touch too philosophical for this film?, Then again consider the Donut King, and how heavy his doughy crown weighs upon him after watching this.
As I get older it sure is hard to separate the sweet and the sour. This film packs in a lot of heartache within an overall optimistic outlook, no small feat considering the impetus for the Cambodian donut diaspora. 4 million out of 7 million.
The scenes (animated but nonetheless harrowing) of the separation of families paired with the graceful grit of Chuong Pek Lee were part of this assorted box of tales, including several forays into freakonomic flavors (the corporate interviews were so wonderfully out of place with the Mom and Pop shop shots). Pink box supply chain moves, instagram flash mobs, Midas touches, one-armed bandits, child labor, a blood-oath bond broken and more.
Savor the flavor, but respect the holes in history and your own soul as well.
You can glaze it, cover it with sprinkles but still the hole remains.
Perhaps a touch too philosophical for this film?, Then again consider the Donut King, and how heavy his doughy crown weighs upon him after watching this.
As I get older it sure is hard to separate the sweet and the sour. This film packs in a lot of heartache within an overall optimistic outlook, no small feat considering the impetus for the Cambodian donut diaspora. 4 million out of 7 million.
The scenes (animated but nonetheless harrowing) of the separation of families paired with the graceful grit of Chuong Pek Lee were part of this assorted box of tales, including several forays into freakonomic flavors (the corporate interviews were so wonderfully out of place with the Mom and Pop shop shots). Pink box supply chain moves, instagram flash mobs, Midas touches, one-armed bandits, child labor, a blood-oath bond broken and more.
Savor the flavor, but respect the holes in history and your own soul as well.
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- Jun 16, 2023
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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