At the Movies: First They Killed My Father (2017)
First They Killed My Father Released September 2017. Based on a book by the same title.
In the 70’s, a Cambodian middle-class girl sees the lives of her family and her turning upside-down when the Khmer Rouge invades the Cambodia. They leave their comfortable apartment and lifestyle to live in a primitive working camp. Her father, a former officer, is killed and the family splits to survive.
Director Angelina Jolie explains in this interview how she was mindful of the emotions that could be evoked by the scenes she was re-creating to film “First They Killed My Father” in Cambodia.
Here is a review in Time.
KJ
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