Adapting 'Heart of Darkness' means finding analogs for Conrad’s Congolese, and bringing in Vietnam’s indigenous people to substitute for them is historically inaccurate and indulges in movie-savage clichés that were grotesque in silent cinema. The misconception of the Montagnard is an unforced error in the movie, while the narration written... read more →
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Renowned Khmer filmmaker Rithy Panh directed and co-wrote this striking, neo-realist, French-Cambodian love story. 'One Evening After the War' (French title: 'Un Soir Après La Guerre') is set in 1992's destitute Cambodia, still coming to terms with the genocide and civil war of the last decades. The male lead Sovannah,... read more →
