The Missing Picture (film)
| The Missing Picture | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Rithy Panh |
| Produced by | Catherine Dussart |
| Written by |
Rithy Panh Christophe Bataille |
| Narrated by |
Randal Douc Jean-Baptiste Phou[1] |
| Music by | Marc Marder |
| Cinematography | Prum Mesa |
| Edited by |
Rithy Panh Marie-Christine Rougerie |
| Distributed by | Les Acacias (France) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country |
Cambodia France[2] |
| Language | French[3] |
The Missing Picture (French: L'Image manquante) is a 2013 Cambodian-French[4] documentary film directed by Rithy Panh about the Khmer Rouge.[5] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival[6] where it won the top prize.[7] It was also screened in the World Cinema section at the 2013 Cinemanila International Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize.[8] It won the Lumières Award for Best Documentary at the 21st Lumières Awards and was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 41st César Awards.[9][10]
The film was the Cambodian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, and was nominated.[11] Approximately half of the film is news and documentary footage, while the other half uses clay figurines to dramatise what happened in Cambodia when Pol Pot came to power.[3][12]
Cast
See also
- List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Cambodian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ "The Missing Picture movie (2013)". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "The Missing Picture". Screen International. 20 May 2013.
- 1 2 "Oscars: best foreign film contenders". BBC News. 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Review: 'The Missing Picture'". Variety. 2013-05-30.
- ↑ Young, Neil (23 May 2013). "The Missing Picture (L'Image manquante): Cannes Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ Richford, Rhonda (26 May 2013). "Cannes: 'The Missing Picture' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ "Cinemanila 2013 winners awarded Saturday night". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ↑ "France's Lumiere Awards: 'Mustang' Takes Top Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations". Variety.
- ↑ "Oscars: Main nominations 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ↑ "The Missing Picture – review". The Guardian. 2014-02-28.
- ↑ Turan, Kenneth (3 October 2013). "Review: 'The Missing Picture' a poetic study of Khmer Rouge horrors". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Christopher Bourne. "New York Film Fest 2013 Review: THE MISSING PICTURE, A Hauntingly Poetic Work of Emotional and Historical Archeology". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 10 February 2016.