First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2017)
Director
Angelina Jolie
Main cast
Phoeung Kompheak; Sveng Socheata; Sareum Srey Moch; Mun Kimhak; Heng Dara
Genres
Drama, History
Description
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Angelina Jolie
Main cast
Phoeung Kompheak; Sveng Socheata; Sareum Srey Moch; Mun Kimhak; Heng Dara
Genres
Drama, History
Description
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
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