Fresh
A haunting look at the historical amnesia that envelops countries or regimes after officially sanctioned barbarism.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine
2003 · 1h 41m · UNRATED
Documentary
Directed by
Rithy Panh
Overview
Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.
Director and cast
- Rithy Panh Director
- Chum Mey as Himself (Survivor)
- Khieu 'Poev' Ches as Himself (Guard)
- Yeay Cheu as Herself - Him Houy's Mother
- Nhiem Ein as Himself - Photographer
- Houy Him as Himself - Security deputy
- Ta Him as Himself - Him Houy's Father
- Nhieb Ho as Himself - Guard
- Prakk Kahn as Himself - the Torturer
- Peng Kry as Himself - Driver
- Som Meth as Himself - Guard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A modest but nonetheless devastating documentary.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Cinema at its most intellectually honest and morally necessary.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
Devastating.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
At a moment when issues of torture loom so large in our world, S21 testifies to the chilling ease with which ordinary men can cross the line into homicidal sadism.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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