The Rice People | AI ENHANCED HD 1994 Khmer Feature Film | English Subbed ជីវិតអ្នកស្រែ១៩៩៤

Film Preservation. រឿង អ្នកស្រែ - Rice people | Neak sre Social Realism and Historical Drama - Elements of Coming-of-Age through the portrayal of the family's children. Docudrama - its use of non-professional actors and its authentic depiction of rural Cambodian life. 'The Rice People,' a tale of a Cambodian family's life through the cycles of rice farming. Experience resilience, tradition, and the beauty of rural Cambodia in this post-Khmer Rouge drama by Rithy Panh. A must-watch for its heartfelt portrayal of human spirit and nature." Rice People premiered at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival in the main competition for the Palme d'Or, a prize that went to Pulp Fiction. The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was submitted to the 67th Academy Awards as a possible nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, the first time a Cambodian film had been submitted to the Academy Awards. Directed by Rithy Panh Screenplay by Ève Deboise Rithy Panh Based on No Harvest But a Thorn by Shahnon Ahmad Produced by Jacques Bidou Pierre-Alain Meier Starring Peng Phan Mom Soth Chhim Naline Cinematography Jacques Bouquin Edited by Andrée Davanture Marie-Christine Rougerie Music by Jean-Claude Brisson Marc Marder Distributed by Facets Video Release date May 1994 (France) Running time 125 minutes Country Cambodia Language Khmer The Rice People - KHMER MOVIE In Cambodia, where families were torn apart in the communist Khmer Rouge's genocidal bid to transform the country into an agrarian utopia, it is ironic that people have lost touch with the land. For a generation of children, the rice comes not from the ground, but from a sack, offloaded from the back of a United Nations relief truck. So it is in these uncertain times, that a Cambodian family is attempting to grow rice. The father, Pouev, is concerned that the family's plot of land is shrinking, and he might not be able to grow a big enough crop.