Synopsis

A woman who has returned from a refugee camp in Thailand lives with her four children under a tree in the middle of Phnom Penh: a tender portrait and violent denunciation of the conditions often reserved by the country for many of its returning refugees.

Direction : Sovanna Chheng
sound : Roeun Narith
edition : Sylvie Gadmer

Themes :
Keywords : Poverty Family Exclusion Refugee
Shooting place : Phnom Penh
Shooting format : DV Cam

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Festival Ciné-Mekong

Place : Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Date : 2005

Festival du Court-Métrage

Place : St Benoît (France)
Date : 2005

Mois du Film documentaire

Place : Milan (Italy)
Date : 2004

Festival de Cinéma

Place : Douarnenez (France)
Date : 2002

Biennale des Cinémas d'Asie du Sud-Est

Place : Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Date : 1997

Yagamata

Place : Japan
Date : 1997

Pusan

Place : Busan (South Korea)
Date : 1997

Cinéma du réel

Place : Paris (France)
Date : 1997

Vues d'Afrique

Place : Montréal (Canada)
Date : 1997

Festival d'Anthropologie

Place : Pärnu (Estonia)
Date : 1997

Encontros Internacionais De Cinema Documental

Place : Odivelas (Portugal)
Date : 1997

Traces de Vies

Place : Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Date : 1997

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In 1995, a workshop is set up in Phnom Penh with the famous filmmaker Rithy Panh.

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