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LES ARTISTES DU THÉÀTRE BRÛLÉ
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Rithy Panh
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| How is it possible to create today in Cambodia,
where culture has been eradicated for two generations? In an
attempt to answer this question, Rithy Panh follows a group
of five passionate artists searching for a form of expression
and a theatre. Rotha is a theatre actor and author. DÒun is
an actor who earns his living in TV serial roles and karaoke
bars, and is still dreaming of playing Cyrano! HÒun, an actor
and artist, has set up his camp, like Robinson Crusoe, in the
former national theatre in ruins. Phan, aged 52, is an unemployed
actress who was a presenter on Cambodian television and was
then imprisoned by the Khmers Rouges. Bopha is a journalist
aged 22 who seeks to understand the recent history of her country.
The main setting is the former national theatre, which burned
down ten years ago. Trees have grown there. This symbolic place
is filmed as the sixth character in the film. . |
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Screenplay Rithy Panh, Agnès Sénémaud
Photography (colour) Prum Mésar
Editing Marie-Christine Rougerie
Music Marc Marder
ICast Rotha Kèv, Phan Peng, Nan Doeun Thén, Bhopa Chheng, Hoeun Ieng
Production CDP (France)
Year of production 2005
Running time 85'
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Rithy Panh
He graduated from IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cin'matographiques, Paris). He is a filmmaker of documentaries, films, tv fictions. His works: Site 2 (1989), Souleymane Ciss' (1990), Cambodge, entre guerre et paix (1991), Rice People (1994), The Tan's family (1995), Bophana, a Cambodian tragedy (1996), Un soir aprœs la guerre (1997), Lumiœres sur un massacre, 10 films against 110 000 000 land mines (1997), 50 ans et un monde (1998), La terre des 'mes errantes (1999), S21, La Machine Khmœre Rouge (2001-2002), Les Gens d¹Angkor (2003), The Burnt Theatre (2005). His works have been awarded several prizes at international festivals. He has also co-written the book La Machine Khmœre Rouge. In 2000 Asiaticafilmediale paid an homage to his cinema.
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