A distressing and heartbreaking watch that is more so as it is based on a true story. This is a movie based in Cambodia and it unfolds the situation where the civilians had to leave their homes behind and life as refugees in their own country under the rule of the Khmer Rouge.
A little girl narrates the heart breaking story of what she and her family had to go through from the time she was five to the age of nine. It is an adaptation of Cambodian author and Human Rights activist Loung Ung's memoir of surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1978. The story depicts the indomitable spirit of Loung's family to survive through the challenges they faced.
Some really heart breaking scenes depicted. The acting was absolutely amazing, they emoted so much with their eyes. We cannot bear to even watch what they are going through in the movie, so you just cannot imagine how it would have been for them to live through those experiences.
It is saddening to know that people went through so much terror and pain and still continue to do so all around the world due to the race for supremacy. We are supposed to learn from history and see that we don't repeat our past mistakes, but that is just not happening. A few countries have time and again taken undue advantage of their power and still continue to do so causing discontent.
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