The Rice People (1994) | HD AI-Enhanced Khmer Film with English Subtitles 🌾

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រឿង អ្នកស្រែ - Rice people | Neak sre

Social Realism and Historical Drama - Elements of Coming-of-Age through the portrayal of the family's children.
Docudrama - its use of non-professional actors and its authentic depiction of rural Cambodian life.

'The Rice People,' a tale of a Cambodian family's life through the cycles of rice farming. Experience resilience, tradition, and the beauty of rural Cambodia in this post-Khmer Rouge drama by Rithy Panh. A must-watch for its heartfelt portrayal of human spirit and nature."

Rice People premiered at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival in the main competition for the Palme d'Or, a prize that went to Pulp Fiction. The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The film was submitted to the 67th Academy Awards as a possible nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, the first time a Cambodian film had been submitted to the Academy Awards.

Directed by Rithy Panh
Screenplay by Ève Deboise Rithy Panh
Based on No Harvest But a Thorn
by Shahnon Ahmad
Produced by Jacques Bidou
Pierre-Alain Meier
Starring Peng Phan
Mom Soth
Chhim Naline
Cinematography Jacques Bouquin
Edited by Andrée Davanture
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Music by Jean-Claude Brisson
Marc Marder
Distributed by Facets Video
Release date
May 1994 (France)
Running time 125 minutes
Country Cambodia
Language Khmer

The Rice People - KHMER MOVIE

In Cambodia, where families were torn apart in the communist Khmer Rouge's genocidal bid to transform the country into an agrarian utopia, it is ironic that people have lost touch with the land. For a generation of children, the rice comes not from the ground, but from a sack, offloaded from the back of a United Nations relief truck.

So it is in these uncertain times, that a Cambodian family is attempting to grow rice. The father, Pouev, is concerned that the family's plot of land is shrinking, and he might not be able to grow a big enough crop.