The Land of the Wandering Souls, or La terre des âmes errantes, is a 2000 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.
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Directed by | Rithy Panh |
Written by | Rithy Panh |
Produced by | Cati Couteau |
Cinematography | Prum Mesa |
Edited by | Isabelle Roudy Marie-Christine Rougerie |
Music by | Marc Marder |
Distributed by | INA |
Release dates | United Kingdom: August 19, 2000 France: March 10, 2001 Australia: August 11, 2001 Canada: October 2, 2001 United States: August 1, 2002 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | Cambodia France |
Language | Khmer |
The film follows a Cambodian family as they work to dig a trench across Cambodia to lay the country's first optical fiber cable, depicting their hardships.
At one point during their excavation, the workers uncover a killing field, a remnant of the genocidal purges of the Khmer Rouge.
The Land of the Wandering Souls premiered at the 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It went on to screen at around a dozen other film festivals, winning numerous awards, including:
The film was also featured on "Wide Angle", a Public Broadcasting Service television series.[1]
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