Phnom Penh Lullaby poster

Phnom Penh Lullaby( 2011)

TV-MADocumentary
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Overview

Shickman, the film’s central subject, has been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 8 years along with his baby’s mama, Saran. He is the soul provider of the pair and earns his meager living by reading tarot cards street side. Saran is Cambodian, drinks often, was once married to a man of which she had several kids with (all but one are in foster care). Aside from having to contend with each other, the two must also be weary of the human vultures that eye their daughters with hopes of turning a profit on the black market. Surely, the future for these people are a bleak one.

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      Ilan Schickman

      Protagonist

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    A review by adam.cuttler

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    Written by adam.cuttler on Sun Feb 24 2013
    Hardship. Regret. Pain.: Three central themes brilliantly brought to life by Polish documentarian Pawel Kloc. By combining hidden camera footage with gritty nighttime shots, where blackness threatens to wash out any glimmer of hope, Kloc’s film evoked authentic feelings of somberness to which no narrative film has ever done for me before. Not all films exist to make people feel better about themselves. Sometimes it’s necessary to see a film where happiness is trumped by sadness. In fact, sometimes capturing life’s more somber side and embracing it for 103 minutes is the more difficult ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • cambodia