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Cambodia in Gaming | Tomb Raider : Underworld brings Lara Croft back to Angkor

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At the start of the millennium the movie Tomb Raider brought the majestic Khmer temples of Angkor Wat to mainstream audiences and propelled Cambodia on the tourist map from that point onwards. 2008 saw the release of another critically-acclaimed title in the video game series with Tomb Raider : Underworld, where Lara Croft explores many exotic locations, including once again the hidden Khmer temples of Angkor Wat in the Cambodian jungle, all while fighting off baddies, wild animals and deadly contraptions. So far over 75 million copies of the Tomb Raider games have sold and the series can be considered... read more →

French author Marguerite Duras and her life in colonial Cambodia

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French writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras, at that time 14 years of age, travelled with her mother in 1928 from Cochinchina, today's Vietnam, to their new land concession (often flooded as they will later find out) in Prey Nop, on Cambodia's south coast near Kampot. This fated land will later be the theme of her autobiographical novel The Sea Wall - which has also been turned into a movie by esteemed Cambodian director Rithy Panh. "We left Saigon with the bus early morning at 6 am. We arrived in Kep-Douane after 8 hour drive. The driver stopped in... read more →

Shot in Cambodia | In the Mood for Love with Tony Leung (2001)

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Esteemed Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai filmed the final scene of the romantic art-house drama 'In the Mood for Love' in Angkor Wat. Archival footage of '60s Cambodia can also be seen prior to this. The journalist Chow Mo-wan, played by Tony Leung, is visiting Angkor Wat and secretly whispers something into a hole in an ancient wall. He covers the hollow with some muddy grass and leaves the temple at sunset. It is never revealed what he says, but one assumes he vows his eternal love for Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan). Tony Leung, a first for any Hong... read more →

Shot in Cambodia | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie (2001)

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'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' is considered the first international movie to have introduced the wonders of Angkor Wat to a wider, western audience. Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, can be seen on top of Phnom Bakheng surveying the jungle area below her, driving a 4WD in front of the Bayon temple, exploring the overgrown ruins of Ta Prohm and rowing a boat across a make-believe floating village, set against the backdrop of the Angkor Wat silhouette. Angelina Jolie returned to Siem Reap in 2015 to direct her Nextflix drama 'First They Killed My Father'. DISCLAIMER: Khreativa Cambodia is in... read more →