Funan

Name: Funan
Genre: Animation
Released: June 7, 2019
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver, Bérénice Bejo, Brice Montagne, Céline Ronté, Colette Kieffer

2019

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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critics

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Not Rated

GKIDS | Release Date: June 7, 2019

Starring: Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver, Bérénice Bejo, Brice Montagne, Céline Ronté, Colette Kieffer, Franck Sasonoff, François Baldassare, Hervé Sogne, Lila Lacombe, Louis Garrel, Maxime Baudoin, Tom Trouffier

Summary: Cambodia, April 1975. Chou is a young woman whose everyday world is suddenly upended by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime. During the chaos of the forced exile from their home, Chou and her husband are separated from their 4-year-old son, who has been sent to an unknown location. As she navigates her new reality, working in the fieldsCambodia, April 1975. Chou is a young woman whose everyday world is suddenly upended by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime. During the chaos of the forced exile from their home, Chou and her husband are separated from their 4-year-old son, who has been sent to an unknown location. As she navigates her new reality, working in the fields day and night under the careful watch of soldiers, and surviving the small indignities and harrowing realities of the increasingly grim work camps, Chou remains steadfast in her determination to reunite her family – even if it means risking everything. … Expand

Director: Denis Do

Genre(s): Animation

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 84 min

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36	#36 Best Movie of 2019

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Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

Jun 14, 2019

Funan is a stunning piece of animation in which the beauty of the visuals and the horror of the situation are inextricably intertwined. Read full review

The New York Times - Glenn Kenny

Jun 6, 2019

Do’s tale is resolutely earthbound. He uses animation as an interrogation into the practice of fictional depiction derived from actual atrocities. Read full review

TheWrap - William Bibbiani

Jun 7, 2019

The director translates the overwhelming concept of genocide into intimate, daily struggles, and the horror is indisputable, and inescapable; if you ever thought such a historical horror was “unthinkable,” you’ll think again. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Richard Whittaker

Jun 19, 2019

It's an education suitable for both children ready to see the world's shadows, and for adults who may still not comprehend Southeast Asian history beyond the Vietnam War. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 7, 2019

Funan is structured as a series of carefully choreographed set pieces in which things go from bad to worse to unimaginably awful. Read full review

Film Threat - Alex Saveliev

Jun 13, 2019

Do has created a tense, heartbreaking ode to a tragic time; a deeply personal story, superbly visualized. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Keith Watson

Jun 4, 2019

There are hints that the film will scale itself to the broader historical context of this era, but the screenplay never elaborates on the ethnic strife the undergirds the Cambodian genocide. Read full review

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