2018 · drama · animation · war
Funan
Directed by Denis Do1h 24m2018
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…
Our read: Funan (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · animation · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / animation, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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