Meeting with Pol Pot

Rithy Panh

Original title: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot

In 1978, three years into Pol Pot's and the Khmer Rouge's dictatorship, Democratic Kampuchea is devastated. Two million Cambodians have been killed in the genocide. Three individuals are invited by the regime for an interview with Pol Pot: a reporter familiar with the country, a photojournalist, and an academic who sympathises with the dictatorship's ideology. During their stay, the illusion painted by propaganda begins to crumble. Horror is unveiled, and the trip turns into a nightmare. In a cinematographic gesture of great freedom, the film fluidly blends imagery to construct a coherent perspective on vision and blindness.


Discussion with director Rithy Panh.

  • Duration: 112’
  • Production year: 2024
  • Country: FR, KH, TW, QA, TR
  • Language: FR Subtitles: PT, EN

Cannes Film Festival 2024 – Cannes Première
Warsaw Film Festival 2024 – Crème de la Crème Competition

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Rithy Panh

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