Neak sre (1994)

Director: Rithy Panh

Country:

 Cambodia | France | Switzerland | Germany

Language:

 Khmer

Release Date:

 12 October 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

 People of the Rice Paddies

Runtime:

 125 min

Color:

 Color

Storyline

In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, "from UN lorries". They have never seen a rice field. One day, these children will have to learn to live in Cambodia, i.e., they will have to learn to cultivate, to plough, to work the land. Rice people tries to share this way of life, to demonstrate the fragile equilibrium on which it lies and the freedom it represents.

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