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Cambodia’s Oscar Entry ‘Meeting With Pol Pot’ by Rithy Panh Lands North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
Strand Releasing has bought North American rights to Rithy Panh’s “Meeting With Pol Pot" which premiered at Cannes and is Cambodia's Oscar entry.
The film, which stars Irene Jacob as Becker, charts the deadly journey of two journalists and an academic who travel to Democratic Kampuchea in the midst of Pol Pot’s dictatorship after accepting an invitation from the regime. It marks the fourth collaboration between Panh and Strand Releasing who previously teamed on “The Missing Pictures” which went on to earn an Oscar nomination in 2013, followed by “Exile” and “Irradiated” which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2020. Marcus Hu and Jon Gerrans are not only wise business men, but feel the film industry has a political responsibility in recounting history for terror and fascism not to repeat itself anywhere in the world,” Brigaud-Robert continued.
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