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Meeting with Pol Pot

2024 · 113 min

A slow, suffocating descent into staged propaganda and creeping horror, seen through outsiders' eyes.

Directed by
Rithy Panh
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï
Overview
Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. 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. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.

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Directed by
Rithy Panh
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • power
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Rithy Panh
Written by
Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh
Starring
Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï, Bun-Hok Lim, Somaline Mao, Leng Thirith, Sovann Nhoeb, Paov Pitu
Music
Marc Marder
Cinematography
Aymerick Pilarski
Runtime
113 min
Country
Cambodia, France, Qatar, Taiwan, Turkey
Languages
Khmer, French

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