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First They Killed My Father

2017

Based on a survivor's memoir, this drama follows a young girl torn from her comfortable Phnom Penh life when the Khmer Rouge seize power, enduring forced labor, separation, and the horrors of the regime through a child's eyes. Directed by Angelina Jolie.

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Part of 7 Essential Films from Cambodia

This film is stop 1 of 7 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cambodia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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