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S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge (2003)
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Rithy Panh (writer)
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30 January 2004 (UK)
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Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened. full summary | add synopsis
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Khmer Rouge
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Genocide
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Cambodia
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Torture
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Reenactment
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Very Insightful Documentary
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(Credited cast)| Khieu 'Poev' Ches | ... | Himself - Guard | |
| Yeay Cheu | ... | Herself - Him Houy's Mother | |
| Nhiem Ein | ... | Himself - Photographer | |
| Houy Him | ... | Himself - Security deputy | |
| Ta Him | ... | Himself - Him Houy's Father | |
| Nhieb Ho | ... | Himself - Guard | |
| Prakk Kahn | ... | Himself - the Torturer | |
| Peng Kry | ... | Himself - Driver | |
| Som Meth | ... | Himself - Guard | |
| Chum Mey | ... | Himself - Survivor | |
| Vann Nath | ... | Himself - Survivor | |
| Top Pheap | ... | Himself - Interrogator & Typist | |
| Tcheam Seur | ... | Himself - Guard | |
| Mak Thim | ... | Himself - S21 Doctor | |
| Sours Thi | ... | Himself - Head of Registers |
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S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine (International: English title)
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (USA) (festival title)
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S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (USA) (festival title)
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Before my recent visit to Cambodia which included a short tour of S21, I did some reading on the prison and the complex events that led to its development and operation during the Democratic Kampuchea (Pol Pot) regime.
This movie did a remarkable job filling in my sense of S21 that was not otherwise possible to experience through reading or even touring the prison. For example, interviews with two of the only seven survivors out of over 14,000 prisoners detained and killed at S21 was remarkable by itself as was the opening sequence of a former guard discussing the morality of his role with parents who no doubt felt the full brunt of the Khmer Rouge's brutality, yet survived.
Seeing details such as the private cells, photography apparatus, the typewriters that clacked away to record prisoners' tortured confessions, and the former guards' convincing reenactment of their job as teenage guards at this grisly place was at the same time deeply disturbing and satisfying in improving my understanding of this total institution. The very instruments of dehumanization - ammunition buckets used for toilets, the bare tile floors prisoners were shackled to between interrogations and torture, the windows open to mosquitoes and vermin allowed to feast on the prisoners - are both stark and subtle in their presentation.
Those who expect anything more than a rudimentary understanding of this infamous killing machine may be disappointed. Seeing this movie was at least as valuable as seeing the prison in person. I especially recommend it for anyone who has visited S21 or expects to visit Cambodia.