movie backdrop
Meeting with Pol Pot

Meeting with Pol Pot

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 5, 2024

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

History, Drama

User Score

59%

Original Title

Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot

Production Companies

Anupheap Productions, Catherine Dussart Productions

Director

Rithy Panh

Description

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.