Ruin
Australia, Cambodia / 2013 / 90 min / Completed
Technical Details :
Rous Mony, Sang Malen, Johnny Brennan, Chiev Ouen, Phanha Socheat, Hun Sophy
Flood Projects Production, Hanuman Films
Steve Benwell
Khmer (Cambodian)
Festivals & Awards :
Venice IFF – In Competition Orizzonti
Moscow IFIF – Official Competition
Valdivia IFF – Official Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF – Official Selection
Cork IFF – Official Competition
Rotterdam International Film Festival – Official Selection
Goteborg International Film Festival – Official Selection
Sofia IFF – Official Selection
Valdivostok IFF – Official Selection
Sitges IFF – In Competition
Deauville Asian Film Festival – Official Selection
Munich IFF – Official Selection
Cologne Conference – Official Selection
Fantaspoa FF – In Competition
Sidney IFF – Official Selection
Melbourne IFF – Official Selection
Transilvania IFF – Official Selection
Sopot – Official Selection
Venice IFF – special Orizzonti Jury prize
Moscow IFIF – Winner Best Concept & Winner Best Cinematography
Asia Pacific Film Festival – Winner for Best Editing
Fantaspoa FF – Best Direction Panorama Section
Sopot – Best cinematography & Best Picture
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Synopsis :
An impressionistic fable. The story of Phirun (Rous Mony) and Sovanna (Sang Malen) – two young lovers inexplicably drawn together after escaping a brutal and exploitative world of crime and violence in modern day Cambodia. Running away from Phnom Penh after a murder, they travel deeper into the jungle. As their vulnerable love falls away and flows along their journey, they wake from the trauma of their past lives and unleash a violent rage upon the world. Love and death intermingle as they travel deeper into the abyss. Their world strangely transforming around the two young lovers on the run.
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