S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)
S21, la machine de mort khmère rouge (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 1h 41min
- Documentary, History
- 30 Jan 2004 (UK)
- Movie
- 13 wins & 4 nominations.
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Cast
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Khieu 'Poev' Ches | ... |
Self - Guard
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Yeay Cheu | ... |
Self - Him Houy's Mother
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Nhem En | ... |
Self - Photographer
(as Nhiem Ein)
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Houy Him | ... |
Self - Security deputy
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Ta Him | ... |
Self - Him Houy's Father
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Nhieb Ho | ... |
Self - Guard
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Prakk Kahn | ... |
Self - the Torturer
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Peng Kry | ... |
Self - Driver
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Som Meth | ... |
Self - Guard
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Chum Mey | ... |
Self - Survivor
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| Vann Nath | ... |
Self - Survivor
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Top Pheap | ... |
Self - Interrogator & Typist
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Tcheam Seur | ... |
Self - Guard
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Sours Thi | ... |
Self - Head of Registers
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Mak Thim | ... |
Self - S21 Doctor
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Directed by
| Rithy Panh | ||
Written by
| Rithy Panh | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Cati Couteau | ... | producer |
| Dana Hastier | ... | producer |
| Aline Sasson | ... | executive producer |
| Liane Willemont | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Marc Marder | ||
Cinematography by
| Prum Mesa | ||
| Rithy Panh | ||
Editing by
| Isabelle Roudy | ||
| Marie-Christine Rougerie | ||
Editorial Department
| Rémi Berge | ... | colorist: digital color correction |
Production Management
| Ros Sareth | ... | unit manager |
| Aline Sasson | ... | production manager |
| Liane Willemont | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Than Nan Doeun | ... | assistant director |
| Narith Roeun | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jean-François Gasnier | ... | sound mixer |
| Myriam René | ... | sound editor |
| Sear Vissal | ... | sound |
Production Companies
- Arte France Cinéma
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Ceská Televize
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
- Ministère de Culture et de la Communication
- Ministère des Affaires Étrangères
- RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera
- Société de Télédiffusion du Québec
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
- Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
- UNESCO
- Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT)
- YLE TV1
Distributors
- Sagrera Audiovisual (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
- ARTE
- First Run Features (2004) (United States) (subtitled)
- Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
- Viacom Media Networks (2013) (United States) (tv) (VOD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Between 1975 and 1979, the communist inspired Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of terror and mass murder on Cambodia's population. Up to 1.7 mill. Cambodians lost their lives to famine, hard labor and murder as the urban population was forced into the countryside to fulfill the Khmer Rouge's dream of an agrarian utopia. In the former Security Prison 21 (code-named "S21"), which was once a high school and is today the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, director Rithy Panh brings two of the few survivors back to discuss what happened there between 1975 and 1979. Painter Vann Nath survived by chance and didn't suffer the same fate as 17,000 other men, women and children who were taken there, tortured and their so-called 'crimes' meticulously documented to justify their execution. The ex-Khmer Rouge guards respond to Nath's questions with excuses, chilling stoicism or apparent remorse as they recount the atrocities they committed at ages as young as 12 years old. To escape torture, the prisoners would confess to anything, and often denounce everyone they knew - though their final sentence was always death. Written by Sujit R. Varma |
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