The film follows the journey of a civil party in the trial of Khmer Rouge cadre, Duch.
For several years, Phung-Guth Sunthary had commenced an investigation into the death of her father, the eminent professor Phung Ton, imprisoned and executed at the S21 security center in 1977.
Through her eyes the challenges of a major trial of the century are revealed.
The Hermit and the Tiger
Director: Roeun Narith
The Hermit and the Tiger is a short film for children and played by children. It is an adaptation from a Cambodian traditional folktale.
Sir Tiger and a hermit are brought into a legal conflict.Tiger accuses the old man to have awakened him, while the latter just saved his life. Unable to agree, the tiger threatens to eat the hermit.
Both parties then travel from court to court, arguing their case successively with Sir Wolf, Sir Ox or Sir Monkey, looking for an impartial trial.
In Cambodia, there exists a long and deep tradition of folktales which gather some moral principles and values, notably related to justice notions.
The two neighbors
Director: Roeun Narith
The two neighbors is a short film for children and played by children. It is an adaptation from a Cambodian traditional folktale.
Two hunters, Sok and Choch, decide to put traps in the forest. Sok places it on the ground, Choch at the top of a tree. Choch, at night, finds a deer prisoner of the trap of Sok, takes it and slides it in its own trap.
The next day, Sok accuses him of having stolen his deer and sues him. But the judge agrees that Choch is right. Sok thus leaves in search of a lawyer. It is then that he falls on the Hare who decides to help him.
The hearing date, Sok and the Hare arrives late. The Hare justifies their delay by an extraordinary event met on the road: hundreds of fishes were climbing on a tamarind tree to eat leaves. The judge accuses