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The Rice People (1994)

Neak sre - Les Gens de la Rizière (The Rice People)
Running time: 125 min. | Genre: Drama, Rural life, Job / Employment, Cambodian Civil War
The Rice People

Synopsis

In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, "from UN lorries". They have never seen a rice field. One day, these children will have to learn to live in Cambodia, i.e., they will have to learn to cultivate, to plough, to work the land. Rice people tries to share this way of life, to demonstrate the fragile equilibrium on which it lies and the freedom it represents.

Nominations & Awards

Cannes Film Festival

  • Golden Palm - Best Film NOMINATED

Details

Original title

Neak sre - Les Gens de la Rizière (The Rice People)

Director

Rithy Panh

Producer

Coproducción Camboya-Francia-Suiza-Alemania; JBA

Running time

125 min.

Screenwriter

Ève Deboise, Rithy Panh (Novela: Shahnon Ahmad)

Music

Jean-Claude Brisson, Marc Marder

Cinematography

Jacques Bouquin

Year

1994

Country

Cambodia Cambodia

Ranking

Unopeliculas
6.0

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