FUNAN

By Denis DO

SUB-TI LTD - as FEST

Animation - Production 2017

The survival and the struggle of a young mother during the Khmer Rouge revolution, to find her 4-year-old son, torn from his family by the regime.

    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Animation
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Denis DO
    • Producer(s)
    • Serge LALOU (LES FILMS D'ICI)
    • Synopsis
    • In 1975 in Phnom Penh, Chou leads an enchanted life until one morning when the Khmer Rouge madness plunges Cambodia into horror.
      The population is deported to camps and Chou’s confronted to the pain of powerlessness. When her 4-year-old son is snatched from
      her by a fleeing crown, her world falls apart but she never loses hope. Funan is the incredibly powerful story of a young mother’s fight
      to save her son and keep her family together in a barbaric time