The Rice People
1994 · Movie · 125 min. · Cambodia
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.
Direction Rithy Panh
Cast Peng Phan · Pen Sopheary · Mom Soth · Chhim Naline · Va Simorn · Sophy Sodany · Muong Danyda · Proum Mary
Soundtrack Jean-Claude Brisson · Marc Marder
Screenplay Ève Deboise · Rithy Panh · Shahnon Ahmad
Cinematography Jacques Bouquin
Original title Neak sre - Les Gens de la Rizière (The Rice People)
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160 votes (FilmAffinity)
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