CAMBODIA Is Corrupt, Callous And A Worthless Criminal Country! For those old enough to remember and who have watched this film, there is a thought that I immediately resurrected from my past. It was of the 1984 film 'THE KILLING FIELDS' which this film is also about; from the eyes and mind of a little 5 year old girl. Like a good many others she suffered at the hands of idiotic, brainless savages of the Kmer Rouge communists. They were in power for (what must have felt like a lifetime of horrendous day to day existence) but they executed over 1,000,000 in their various cross country Killing Fields of murder, butchery and slaughter. 20,000 mass graves were found and after a lengthy fact finding mission , estimates of the total deaths resulting from Khmer Rouge policies, including death from disease and starvation, ranged from 1.7 to 2.5 million out of a 1975 population of roughly 8 million.
Its a beautifully filmed film, good direction from Angelina Jolie and, fantastic, really top notch acting from all concerned; especially the little girl playing the role of the books author. It is a must see film!
The saddest thing, from my point of view after seeing a documentary in 2023, is that many of those same murdering scum are still alive today and, though people know who many of them are, the Cambodian government will not put them on trial.