Meeting with Pol Pot

Name: Meeting with Pol Pot
Director: Rithy Panh
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2024-06-05
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril Gueï, Bun-Hok Lim, Somaline Mao

Directed by Rithy Panh

History

Drama

20241h 53m5.9

Overview

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.