Funan
2018 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.9 · 86% critics
Set in Cambodia in 1975, this animated drama follows a family as a brutal new regime empties the cities and forces people onto the roads. In the chaos and fear of this upheaval, they struggle to survive an uncertain future together.
Also known as Funan: The New People
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-03-06
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (71 votes)
About
You may like this if you connect with intense animated dramas rooted in real upheaval, especially if Josep or Another Day of Life worked for you; Not for you if grim, oppressive stories are a tough watch.
Pros: powerful historical backdrop; urgent survival story; heavy emotional pull | Cons: bleak subject matter; distressing situations; very little levity
Themes
- cambodia
- husband wife relationship
- 1970s
- based on true story
- family relationships
- struggle for survival
- communism
- labor camp
- starvation
- khmer rouge
- kampuchea
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2018
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · nominated
Cast & crew
Bérénice Bejo
as Chou (voice)
Louis Garrel
as Khuon (voice)
Colette Kieffer
as Nay / Radio Voice (voice)
Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver
as Chan (voice)
- BM
Brice Montagne
as Meng (voice)
- FS
Franck Sasonoff
as Chief Khmer Rouge (voice)
Hervé Sogne
as Virak (voice)
- MB
Maxime Baudoin
as Hout (voice)
Tom Trouffier
as Tuch (voice)
Lila Lacombe
as Lili (voice)
Directed by Denis Do