S 21, la machine de mort Khmere Rouge

Rithy Panh

Rithy Panh (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1964), starting in 1975, was forced to work in labor camps by the Khmer Rouge. In 1979, he escaped to the refugee camp in Mairut, Thailand. The next year he moved to Paris, where he graduated from the IDHEC. As a director, he is best known for his documentaries about his land of origin, which include La terre des âmes errantes (1999), awarded at Cinéma du réel in Paris, and S 21, la machine de mort Khmère Rouge (2003), presented at Cannes and at the 21st Torino Film Festival. He has also directed fiction films, such as Rice People (1994) and Un soir après la guerre, selected in 1998 for Un certain regard at Cannes, and Un barrage contre le Pacifique, starring Isabelle Huppert and presented at the festivals in Toronto and Rome.

FILMOGRAFIA

Site 2 (doc., 1989), Souleymane Cissé (doc., tv, 1990), Cambodge, entre guerre et paix (1992), Neak sre (Rice People, 1994), Bophana, une tragédie cambodgienne (doc., 1996), Un soir après la guerre (1997), La terre des âmes errantes (doc, 1999), Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s’entrouvre (tv, 2000), S 21, la machine de mort Khmère Rouge (doc., 2002), Les gens d’Angkor (doc., 2003), Les artistes du Théâtre Brûlé (doc., 2005), Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise (doc., 2007), Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2008), Gibier d’élevage (2011), L’image manquante (doc., 2013).