The Land of the Wandering Souls

Overview

In 1999 a fibre-glas wire was installed from Thailand to Vietnam straight trough Cambodia. Rithy Panh shows us the work done in Cambodia to connect Khmer-society to "modern world". Farmers, soldiers and children work for a living there and unearthen skulls and bones -their remains from PolPot-regime you can see. The fear in their mind is portrayed by Rithy Panh in this documentary. As the other work done by Rithy Panh this deals with his people. I like it very much! The movie was awarded 1999 at "Visions du Réel" in Nyon (Switzerland) and at "Cinéma du Réel" in Paris.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 28, 2000

Original language

Khmer

Countries

Cambodia, France, Thailand, Vietnam

Director

Rithy Panh

Writer

Rithy Panh

Producer

Cati Couteau

Cinematography

Prum Mésar

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0245500