Meeting with Pol Pot

Genres

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. Freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker's account in When the war was over.

Directors

Rithy Panh

Writers

Rithy PanhScreenplay

Pierre Erwan GuillaumeScreenplay

Cast

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Irène Jacob

Lise Delbo

Grégoire Colin

Alain Cariou

Cyril Gueï

Paul Thomas

Bun-Hok Lim

Sung

Somaline Mao

Ieng Thirith