IMDb > Neak sre (1994)

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Director:
Writers:
Shahnon Ahmad (novel)
Ève Deboise (writer)
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Release Date:
12 October 1994 (France) more
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Plot:
In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, "from UN lorries"... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Stunning !!! more (4 total)

Cast

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Peng Phan ... Yim Om, mother
Mom Soth ... Yong Poeuv, father
Chhim Naline ... Sakha, oldest daughter
Va Simorn ... Sokhoeun
Sophy Sodany ... Sokhon
Muong Danyda ... Sophon
Pen Sopheary ... Sophoeun
Proum Mary ... Sophat
Sam Kourour ... Sopheap
Noy Samnang ... Ming Voeun
Phang Chamroeun ... Man
Chou Saokhun ... Voth
Daniel Hung Meas ... Pou Mann (as Meas Daniel)
Sou Bottra ... Savuth
Say ... Kheam
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Das Reisfeld (Germany)
Les gens de la rizière
Rice People
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Runtime:
125 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Version of Ranjau sepanjang jalan (1983) more

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Stunning !!!, 16 September 2001
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Author: Michael-269 from Germany

Neak Sre by Rithy Panh shows the life of an ordinary Cambodian rice-farmer and his family. When the father dies after being infected by a thorn, the family has an even harder life to face. They just struggle to survive. But life has to go on... Beautifully shot in Cambodia, with gorgeous panaramic countryside and nice camera-work. The stunning opening-scene with a girl in a lake full of waterlilies you will never forget. Well chosen dialogues and Rithy Panh's way of telling (sad) stories will make this movie to one of my all-time-favourites. If someone wonders what may have happened to those farmers if they migrated to Phnom Penh, I will say Cambodians just love their soil to death, but if you get the chance to see Pahn's Un soir après la guerre, you get that aspect, too. A Soldier returns from battle to PP and have to face poverty,crime and love. My hope is that Rithy Panh gets a bigger audience and his movies are screened more often. Watch this one !!!

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