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First They Killed My Father

2017

Angelina Jolie

Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Tharoth Sam ...

6.4

1,995

Drama Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Cambodia’s Foreign Language Submission.

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Jolie's immersive drama about a child surviving the Khmer Rouge is her finest directing effort yet (...) The result is relentless and involving even when it stumbles."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"An engrossing, dynamically shot movie that moves with real fluidity and complexity (...) It is gorgeous and suspenseful"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Angelina Jolie's best work yet (...) It boasts an astonishing performance from newcomer Sreymoch Sareum (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"An international tragedy turned into an overly tasteful film (...) A well crafted labor of love (...) The film sometimes becomes too repressed and repetitious."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[Jolie] has created an accomplished piece of work which is possessed of a genuine artistry (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Caryn James BBC	"The screenplay, by Jolie and Loung, is deft at providing the information viewers need (...) Jolie has a strong voice and vision (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"There’s no worse feeling than realizing that one is bored midway through such a weighty tour of miserablism, though the risk is real when we lack for context (...) Ung’s story should resonate beyond its mere historical value"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"A brutal, artful study of war (...) [A] quietly affecting piece of filmmaking"	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"Jolie found the perfect muse in youngster Sreymoch Sareum (...) [Jolie] collaborates with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle to breathtaking effect."	POS

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