The Land of the Wandering Souls
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Music director Marc Marder Producer Cati Couteau Language Khmer | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Screenplay Rithy Panh Duration Country CambodiaFrance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date United Kingdom:August 19, 2000France:March 10, 2001Australia:August 11, 2001Canada:October 2, 2001United States:August 1, 2002 Initial release March 28, 2002 (Netherlands) Similar movies Directed by Rithy Panh, Movies about Cambodia, Documentaries |
The Land of the Wandering Souls, or La terre des âmes errantes, is a 2000 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.
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Synopsis
The film follows a Cambodian family as they work to dig a trench across Cambodia to lay the country's first optical fiber cable, depicting their hardships.
At one point during their excavation, the workers uncover a killing field, a remnant of the genocidal purges of the Khmer Rouge.
Reception
The Land of the Wandering Souls premiered at the 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It went on to screen at around a dozen other film festivals, winning numerous awards, including:
The film was also featured on "Wide Angle", a Public Broadcasting Service television series.
References
The Land of the Wandering Souls Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Land of the Wandering Souls IMDb
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