The Killing Fields 15

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Duration:
141 mins
Year produced:
1984
Director:
Roland Joffe
Cast:
Sam Waterston
John Malkovich
Haing S Ngor

A powerful depiction of the terrible events in Cambodia in the 1970s, when a fanatical regime killed hundreds of thousands of their own people. This excellent drama uses the friendship between an American journalist and his Cambodian translator (played by Haing S Ngor, a non-actor who was a survivor of the events being portrayed) as our starting point for trying to begin to understand what went on in that tragic chapter of human history.

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Fascinating facts

Haing S Ngor became the first south-east Asian actor to win an Academy Award after picking up a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Killing Fields.

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