28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Phnom Penh Lullaby
director: Pawel Kloc
original title: Phnom Penh Lullaby
country: Poland
year: 2011
running time: 103 min.
synopsis
FilmORACLE captures the emotionally complicated relationship between a young Israeli and his Cambodian girlfriend. He earns his living reading cards on the nighttime streets of Phnom Penh, while she succumbs to alcohol. Together, they care for their children, although they are incapable of taking care of themselves. Within the protagonists’ everyday existence of love and fighting, the film shows their solitude and their doubts, as well as the difficulty of choosing between cultures.
more about film
director: | Pawel Kloc |
producer: | Parallax |
script: | Pawel Kloc, Przemysław Niczyporuk |
photography: | Przemysław Niczyporuk |
editing: | Jacek Tarasiuk |
music: | Marc Marder |