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Betrayal - Nerakhoon, The

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Directed by:
Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 21, 2008
DVD: September 1, 2009
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Thavisouk Phrasavath
Shot over the course of 23 years, Thavi narrates his own story as a child surviving the Vietnam war and then as a young man struggling to overcome the hardships of immigrant life, an experience shared with his mother in war. Breathtaking and compelling, renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras’s film is a poetic, deeply personal film, a powerfully eloquent tribute of what it means to be in exile, of the far-reaching consequences of war, and of the resilient bonds of family. Thavisouk’s unforgettable journey reminds us of the strength necessary to survive and of the human spirit’s inspiring capacity to adapt, rebuild, and forgive. (Celluloid Dreams)
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What The Critics Said
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New York Magazine David Edelstein
The film is lyrical, expansive, unbearably beautiful.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Self-consciously poetic and shot within a luscious inch of its life, the film's also an engrossing heartbreaker: a family saga that spans continents, political administrations, and decades of travail to arrive at a harder, wiser place.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
More than anything, The Betrayal is a cinematic essay about family and loss and home, one that's ironic and elegiac in tone and requires some patience.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Impressionistic and lyrical, as well as somber and gripping, The Betrayal conveys a ceaseless flow. It's as if the filmmaker has opened a window onto a parallel world traveling beside our own.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
A powerful account of how the American dream became a nightmare for one Laotian family.
Read Full Review >Variety Scott Foundas
Though an admirable attempt to allow the characters to tell their own story in their own voices, docu may be a bit too freely associative, as it becomes difficult at times to identify individual characters... Picture's second half, which proceeds in a more linear fashion, is resolutely gripping.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
The result is imperfect, but its roughness is entirely consistent with the way the filmmakers understand the traumatic experiences of displacement, loss and deprivation.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Sheri Linden
Exploring a Lao family's experience during and since the Vietnam War, the film chronicles the treacheries of geopolitics and the upheaval of exile.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The past-and-present layering is a lot more resonant -- and less sketchy -- than the film's theme of ''betrayal,'' both familial and governmental.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jon C. gave it a10:
A truly surprising and moving documentary. It goes unexpected places and makes unexpected connections.
Maciek K. gave it a10:
What an amazing film. Usually I feel uncomfortable with this level of intimacy in a documentary. I think it's a credit to Ellen Kuras and Thavi that intimate and heart rending revelations are presented naturally without a hint of voyeurism. There seems to be a bond between them and Ellen and the family which allows for a seamless insight into the families experience. I am an immigrant too, but arrived under very different and privileged conditions. Nevertheless, there are so many universal truths, feelings, and experiences depicted in the film that will resonante with anyone.GO SEE IT!!!!!!! It's a 10+
