Rice PeopleDirected by Rithy Panh
Produced by JBA Production
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h 5 min
French release : 12/10/1994
Production year : 1994
DirectorActorsSynopsisLong ago, when rice ripened, it flew up to heaven before taking its place in the village storehouses. There was no need to cultivate it, to watch over it or to harvest it. It was God's gift to man. One day, a man and his wife had a violent argument near a storehouse, they made a lot of noise and said some very rude things. In her anger the woman even hit the grains with a piece of wood. The Rice God took offence and abandoned the village to take refuge in a rocky crevice in the heart of the wild mountains. Then famine struck the country. The villagers tried to appease the Rice God but he was so angry he refused to come out of hiding. As their emssary they sent Slat, the flatfish, who described their grief to the Rice God and was able to calm his anger and bring him back down to the plains. But the Rice God laid down certain conditions... Production and distributionAssociate production company : JBA Production
Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
Foreign production company : Thelma Film AG, ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution
French distribution : ARP Sélection
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Jacques Bidou
Author of original work : Shahnon Ahmad
Screenwriters : Rithy Panh, Ève Deboise
Director of Photography : Jacques Bouquin
Sound Recordist : Jean-Claude Brisson
Production Manager : Jérôme Kanapa
Press Attaché (film) : Vanessa Jerrom
Editors : Andrée Davanture, Marie-Christine Rougerie
Production Designer : Nhean Chamnaul
Music Composer : Marc Marder
Costume Designer : Vuong Kyry
French Distributor : Laurent Pétin
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : Cambodian
Nationality : Majority French (Switzerland, Germany, France)
Production year : 1994
French release : 12/10/1994
Runtime : 2 h 5 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 81.121
Visa issue date : 26/04/1994
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
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