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Le Papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Rithy Panh
2006 France 86 minutes Khmer

Phnom Penh, 2006. A face bathed in red light… “The clear sign of a social rift in a country that has experienced decades of war, it’s the way that the bodies of the destitute are economically and politically exploited: the soldier fathers who died in combat have left behind children who will become underpaid workers or, even worse, prostitutes. Violated lives, ravaged destinies, bodies that became marketable goods (…) (Rithy Panh)

Production :
Ina; Bophana Productions; France 3; France 5
Editing :
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Sound :
Sear Vissal
Photography :
Prum Mesar

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