The Land of the Wandering Souls
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| The Land of Wandering Souls | |
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| Directed by | Rithy Panh |
| Produced by | Cati Couteau |
| Written by | Rithy Panh |
| Music by | Marc Marder |
| Cinematography | Prum Mesa |
| Editing by | Isabelle Roudy Marie-Christine Rougerie |
| Distributed by | INA |
| Release date(s) | Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg August 19, 2000 Image:Flag of France.svg March 10, 2001 Image:Flag of Australia.svg August 11, 2001 Image:Flag of Canada.svg October 2, 2001 Image:Flag of the United States.svg August 1, 2002 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | Cambodia/France |
| Language | Khmer |
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The Land of Wandering Souls, or La terre des âmes errantes, is a 2000 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film follows a Cambodian family as they work to dig a trench across Cambodia to lay the country's first optical fiber cable, depicting their hardships.
At one point during their excavation, the workers uncover a killing field, a remnant of the genocidal purges of the Khmer Rouge.
[edit] Reception
The Land of the Wandering Souls premiered at the 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It went on to screen at around a dozen other film festivals, winning numerous awards, including:
- Banff Rockie Award for best social and political documentary at the Banff World Television Festival.
- Golden Gate Award for best current events film or video at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
- Best documentary feature (honorable mention) at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
- The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
The film was also featured on "Wide Angle", a Public Broadcasting Service television series.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Land of Wandering Souls. Public Broadcasting Service (2002-08-01). Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
[edit] External links
Films of Rithy Panh |
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| Site 2 (1989) • Cambodge, entre guerre et paix (1991) • Rice People (1994) • Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy (1996) • One Evening After the War (1998) • The Land of the Wandering Souls (2000) • Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre (2001) • S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003) • The People of Angkor (2003) • The Burnt Theatre (2005) • Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise (2007) • Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2008) |
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