The Land of the Wandering Souls

The Land of Wandering Souls
Directed byRithy Panh
Written byRithy Panh
Produced byCati Couteau
CinematographyPrum Mesa
Edited byIsabelle Roudy
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Music byMarc Marder
Distributed byINA
Release dates
  • 19 August 2000 (2000-08-19) (UK)
  • 10 March 2001 (2001-03-10) (France)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesCambodia
France
LanguageKhmer

The Land of the Wandering Souls, or La terre des âmes errantes, is a 2000 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.

Synopsis

The film follows a Cambodian family as they work to dig a trench across Cambodia to lay the country's first optical fiber cable, depicting their hardships.

At one point during their excavation, the workers uncover a killing field, a remnant of the genocidal purges of the Khmer Rouge.

Reception

The Land of the Wandering Souls premiered at the 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It went on to screen at around a dozen other film festivals, winning numerous awards, including:

The film was also featured on "Wide Angle", a Public Broadcasting Service television series.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Land of Wandering Souls". Public Broadcasting Service. 2002-08-01. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-14.


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