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First They Killed My Father
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Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Actors:
Oun Srey Neang,
Phoeung Kompheak,
Khoun Sothea,
Henry Kissinger,
Sarun Nika,
Sareum Srey Moch,
Sveng Socheata,
Run Malyna,
Tharoth Sam,
Heng Dara,
Richard Nixon,
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Oun Srey Neang
Phoeung Kompheak
Khoun Sothea
Henry Kissinger
27 May 1923, Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
Sarun Nika
Sareum Srey Moch
Sveng Socheata
Run Malyna
Tharoth Sam
Heng Dara
Richard Nixon
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
Country:
United States, Cambodia
Keywords:
#Angelina Jolie #First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers #Phoeung Kompheak #Sareum Srey Moch #Sveng Socheata
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September 14, 2017
One of the strengths of First They Killed My Father is its matter of fact quality. Only very late on does Jolie indulge in the kind of melodramatic flourishes you'd expect in a Hollywood movie on the same subject.
September 14, 2017
The best work Jolie's done yet. Still, every time Loung's captors holler, "You must have a revolutionary spirit!", I wondered if Jolie ever feels the urge to make truly rebellious art.
September 14, 2017
Amid all the important facts, I longed for something unnecessary from the filmmaker, some expressive flourish whose sole purpose isn't just to convey information.
September 14, 2017
[First They Killed My Father] is a very beautiful film of horrific things happening in a garden of earthly delights.
September 15, 2017
An alternately moving and protracted depiction of the Cambodian genocide from Angelina Jolie.
September 14, 2017
Jolie the woke celebrity and Jolie the artist seem caught at a crossroads with this film, juggling instincts that put her inner Terrence Malick and Ken Burns at odds with one another.
September 14, 2017
Though this story couldn't mean more to Jolie, she hasn't been able to make it mean as much to us.
September 15, 2017
like a female counterpart, from both a filmmaking aesthetic and protagonist POV, to the streaming platform's 2015 release "Beasts of No Nation."
September 14, 2017
As director, Angelina Jolie brings to life all the horrors of revolution and war, told through the point of view of a five-year-old Cambodian who later wrote a memoir of the tragic events she witnessed during the Pol Pot regime.
September 14, 2017
Jolie draws restrained, naturalistic performances from her all-Cambodian cast, particularly young Sareum Srey Moch.
September 14, 2017
Jolie, outdoing her previous directorial efforts, captures Cambodia's wartime horror in beautiful, haunting visuals.
September 14, 2017
This is an accomplished and moving and solid drama from a director who seems on the verge of giving us a great movie sometime soon.
