People of the Rice Paddies (1994) ( Les gens de la rizière ) ( Rice People (Neak sre) )

People of the Rice Paddies (1994) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les gens de la rizière
Alternate Title: Rice People (Neak sre)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Bengali ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Cambodia ( India, Eastern Asia )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Rithy Panh

Written By:
Shahnon Ahmad
Ève Deboise

Actors:
Peng Phan ..... Yim Om, mother
Mom Soth ..... Yong Poeuv, father
Chhim Naline ..... Sakha, oldest daughter
Va Simorn ..... Sokhoeun
Sophy Sodany ..... Sokhon
Muong Danyda ..... Sophon
Pen Sopheary ..... Sophoeun
Proum Mary ..... Sophat
Sam Kourour ..... Sopheap
Noy Samnang ..... Ming Voeun
Phang Chamroeun ..... Man
Chou Saokhun ..... Voth
Daniel Hung Meas ..... Pou Mann
Sou Bottra ..... Savuth
Say ..... Kheam

Synopsis:

A poor, rural Cambodian family slowly disintegrates during the cycle of a single rice crop in this moving, and beautifully photographed European drama adapted from a novel by Shahnon Ahmad. Pouev, his wife Om, and his seven children, live in a small rural village in Cambodia. Their whole precarious life depends upon the success of their rice crop. Both husband and wife are worried, but for different reasons. Pouev is concerned because their acreage is shrinking. Om worries about Pouev; what would happen to her and the children if he died or was injured? Her worst fear is manifest after Pouev steps upon a poisoned thorn and dies. Om finds herself heavily burdened with the responsibilities of maintaining the crop and caring for seven youngsters. She suffers paranoia from worrying about whether the children are doing their share and the other villagers lock her up leaving eldest daughter Sokha to bring in the crop.

In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, 'from UN lorries'. They have never seen a rice field. One day, these children will have to learn to live in Cambodia, i.e., they will have to learn to cultivate, to plough, to work the land. Rice people tries to share this way of life, to demonstrate the fragile equilibrium on which it lies and the freedom it represents.

The plight of Cambodian rice farmers who struggle to survive after the death of their family patriarch. The film features breathtaking shots of the rural countryside plus tender and moving characterizations of each of the family members.

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