Saturday, April 20, 2013

Film Wish List: RED WEDDING (2012, Lida Chan + Guillaume Soun, Cambodia, 58 min)

Film Wish List: RED WEDDING (2012, Lida Chan + Guillaume Soun, Cambodia, 58 min)
 
The winner of the Best Mid-Length Documentary award at last year’s prestigious International Documentaries Film Festival Amsterdam, Red Wedding is the story of Sochan Pen, who has kept a terrible secret for over 30 years: that she was forced to marry a much older man, a soldier, by the Khmer Rouge at the age of 16 and then raped and beaten on her wedding night before she escaped. Four decades later, Sochan, who now grows rice in a former killing field (where decomposed bodies are still unearthed), brings her complaint to the UN-sanctioned Khmer Rouge Tribunal. In so doing, she speaks up for the 4000+ women who suffered similar fates during the regime and lived their lives in shame and terror. Produced by Rithy Panh.
 
 
 

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