White Building
A slow-cinema eulogy for Phnom Penh's recent past, but it's in its livelier moments that Neang lays claim to the Cambodian art-house future.
White Building
Samnang faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh, coupled with pressures from family, friends, and neighbors, which all arise and intersect at this moment of sudden change.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
90
Language
Central Khmer
Director
Kavich Neang
Writer(s)
Kavich Neang
Cast
Piseth Chhun,
Sithan Hout,
Sokha Uk,
Chinnaro Soem,
Sovann Tho,
Jany Min,
Chandalin Y
Awards:
Nominee, Venice Horizons Award ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
Winner, Venice Horizons Award ~ Best Actor, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Most people have something interesting to say about their home town, their families, the people they grew up with, the issues and the concerns of their friends and neighbors. That’s the prime way that fiction films converge with documentaries: when directors tell stories that are close to their ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 6.09.23 - 6.15.23
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