First They Killed My Father (2017)

Name: First They Killed My Father
Director: Angelina Jolie
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Released: 2017-09-15
Duration: 2 h 16 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak

TV-MA | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

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Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

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Sareum Srey Moch

Loung Ung
Phoeung Kompheak

Pa Ung
Sveng Socheata

Ma Ung
Mun Kimhak

Kim
Heng Dara

Meng
Khoun Sothea

Khouy
Sarun Nika

Geak
Run Malyna

Chaou
Oun Srey Neang

Keav
Horm Chhora
Henry Kissinger

Himself

(archive footage)
Richard Nixon

Himself

(archive footage)
Mony Ros

(as Ros Mony)
Tharoth Sam

Khmer Rouge Leader
Nout Sophal

(as Nuth Sophal)

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Another 9 wins & 25 nominations.

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15 September 2017 | jordon932002-721-788614

| Phenomenal film! Highly recommend.

Exquisite cinematography, phenomenal performances, and a magnificent account of modern day genocide. Based on the incredible memoir by Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, tells a haunting story of survival. The images stay with you long after the film concludes, and you're left with an indelible memory of atrocities that are scarcely known. As well as an understanding of how human beings can transcend staggering circumstances. Must see!

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Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, who attended the premiere, has a deep interest in art and culture, focused on ballet and classical Cambodian dance. His late father, former King Norodom Sihanouk, produced, wrote, directed and sometimes even acted in more than two dozen films made when he was in and out of power. Sihamoni once acted himself in My Village at Sunset (1994), directed by his father.

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Richard Nixon: Cambodia, a small country of 7 million people, has been a neutral nation since the Geneva agreement of 1954. American policy since then has been to scrupulously respect the neutrality of the Cambodian people.
British Reporter: The Vietnamese armies on the south side ...

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From 1975 to 1979, people had only skin cover their bone due to heavily overwork and starvation. Most of the scenes from movie show people still healthy with no lack of food or nutrient.