Meeting with Pol Pot

A Feature film of

Rithy Panh

Produced by

Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)

Production year2023

French release05/06/2024

Runtime1 h 52 min

Synopsis

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.
Freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker's account in When the War Was Over.

Credits

Director (1)

Rithy Panh
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Actors (6)

Grégoire Colin

Irène Jacob

Cyril Gueï

Bunhok Lim

Somaline Mao

Sovann Nhoeb

Production and distribution (4)

Executive Producer : Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)

Foreign production company : Anupheap Production

Film exports/foreign sales : Playtime

French distribution : Dulac Distribution

Full credits (14)

Executive Producer : Catherine Dussart

Screenwriters : Rithy Panh, Pierre Erwan Guillaume

Directors of Photography : Aymerick Pilarski, Prum Mésa

Music Composer : Marc Marder

Editors : Rithy Panh, Matthieu Laclau

Sound recordists : Nicolas Volte, Duu-Chih Tu, Tu-Tse Kang

Costume designer : Ariane Viallet

Foreign Producer : Rithy Panh

Author of original work : Elizabeth Becker

Production Manager : Cheap Sovichea

Press Attachés (film) : Laurence Granec, Vanessa Fröchen

Continuity supervisor : Ariane Viallet

Production Designers : Mang Sarith, Chanry Krauch, Sou Kimsan

Sound Mixer : Éric Tisserand

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22 MAY 2024

Cannes 2024: Rithy Panh on 'Meeting with Pol Pot' ('Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot')

🎬CANNES 2024🌴
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Oscar-nominated director Rithy Panh's new film, ‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ was presented at the Cannes Film Festival last Thursday, as part of the Cannes Premiere section.

Loosely inspired by the book ‘When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution’, written by the then Washington Post correspondent Elizabeth Becker, the film recounts the adventurous journey of three French journalists (interpreted by Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin and Cyril Gueï) who are invited to Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge in 1978 to meet with Pol Pot.

Watch our exclusive discussion with Rithy Panh to find out how this new film from the master of documentary examines the nature of journalism, of manipulation and ideology using fiction as a means of remembrance.

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26 SEPTEMBER 2024

Trailer (English subs)

22 MAY 2024

Clip 1 (French subs)

22 MAY 2024

Clip 2 (French subs)

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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French, Cambodian
Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Cambodia (10.0%), Taiwan, Qatar, Turkey
Original French-language productions : Yes
Nationality : Majority French (France, Cambodia, Taiwan, Qatar, Turkey )
Production year : 2023
French release : 05/06/2024
Runtime : 1 h 52 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 141.859
Approval : Yes
Color type : Color