Shiiku - The Catch

  • Gibier d'élevage (Shiiku)
© CDP/France
Genre : War
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Feature
Running time : 93 (in minutes)
http://www.cdpproductions.fr/en/television/gibier-delevage

Cambodia in 1972. For the naïve, mesmerized Cambodian young child telling this story, the black soldier who was taken prisoner was not an enemy, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of.


Cambodia. The time is 1972. At the height of the Pacific War, a US aircraft crashes into Cambodian mountains. The survivor is immediately taken prisoner by the local villagers. But the guy is Black… For the naïve, mesmerized young child telling this story, the man's nationality, race and language don't make him an enemy or a stranger, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of. Rithy Panh brings this story into his native land -The little Cambodian child from the ricefields, who's responsible for guarding the prisoner, is already sucked in by the Khmer Rouge ideology. Across the border, in Vietnam, war is raging and US fighters fly over his country to bomb Vietnam. Will the child be able not to kill the black man - the enemy?


A film by Rithy Panh

Starring
Cyril Gueï, Chhoeum Pruoch, Chhoeum Soeum, Chuop Jhem, Than Saron, Luon Logn, Neam Koeum, Yim Vutha

Cambodia-France / 2011 / fiction / 1h33 / vostf / DigiBeta-35mm-HD / Stereo 16/9e


Shooting Language Cambodian/English
Length 91'

Screenwriters
Michel Fessler and Rithy Panh

Adapted from
"Shiiku" by Ôé Kenzaburô .- The Wylie Agency (UK)

Director : Rithy Panh
Photography: Prum Mesar
Sound: Myriam René & Sear Visal
Editiong: Rithy Panh & Marie-Christine Rougerie
Art director: Benoit Cisilkiewick
Bophana Production: Cheap Sovichea
Coordination: Marie de Calan
Production assistante: Pascale Pigeon
Secretary of production: Chea Sophal
Accounter: Béatrice Hannequin
Produced by CDP / ARTE France / Institut National de l'Audiovisuel / Bophana
in association with SIMF Management (Singapore) / TV5
Développé avec le soutien du Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée du programme MEDIA de l'Union Européenne et de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie avec la participation de TV5Monde

Genre: Feature film - Drama
Shooting place Cambodia
Format HD/Color

Cast
The Pilot > Cyril GUEI
Pang > CHUOP Jhem
Siet > CHHOEUM Soeum
Ney > CHHOEUM Pruoch
Pang's friend > RUON Rann
Oncle Vorn > LUON Logn
Chief Khmer Rouge > YIM Vutha
Grand-Mother Yun > NEAM Koeum
So > CHUUM Cheng Huor
Tuol > THAN Saron
Tuol's wife > HENG Cheam

Festivals
Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains (FIFDH) (Switzerland) 2012
Hong Kong IFF 2012
Festival Étoiles Francophones / Cousu Main (France) 2012
Cambodia International Film Festival (Cambodia) 2011
Singapore Film Festival 2011
24th Tokyo International Film Festival 2011 (Japan) 2011
PPP International Films Festival Pusan

Summary for official catalogues

Cambodia in 1972. For the naïve, mesmerized Cambodian young child telling this story, the black soldier who was taken prisoner was not an enemy, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of.

A film by Rithy Panh, 2011 / Cambodia-France / fiction / 1h33 / vostf / DigiBeta-35mm-HD / Stereo 16/9e. Starring Cyril Gueï, Chhoeum Pruoch, Chhoeum Soeum, Chuop Jhem, Than Saron, Luon Logn, Neam Koeum, Yim Vutha


A film y Rithy Panh
Shooting Language Cambodian/English
Length 91'
Introduction
Cambodia in 1972. For the naïve, mesmerized Cambodian young child telling this story, the black soldier who was taken prisoner was not an enemy, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of.
Synopsis
Cambodia. The time is 1972. At the height of the Pacific War, a US aircraft crashes into Cambodian mountains. The survivor is immediately taken prisoner by the local villagers. But the guy is Black… For the naïve, mesmerized young child telling this story, the man's nationality, race and language don't make him an enemy or a stranger, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of. Rithy Panh brings this story into his native land -The little Cambodian child from the ricefields, who's responsible for guarding the prisoner, is already sucked in by the Khmer Rouge ideology. Across the border, in Vietnam, war is raging and US fighters fly over his country to bomb Vietnam. Will the child be able not to kill the black man - the enemy?
Fiche technique
Screenwriters Michel Fessler and Rithy Panh
Adapted from "Shiiku" by Ôé Kenzaburô .- The Wylie Agency (UK)
Director Rithy Panh
Photography Prum Mesar
Sound Myriam René & Sear Visal
Editiong Rithy Panh & Marie-Christine Rougerie
Art director Benoit Cisilkiewick
Bophana Production Cheap Sovichea
Coordination Marie de Calan
Production assistante Pascale Pigeon
Secretary of production Chea Sophal
Accounter Béatrice Hannequin
Produced by CDP / ARTE France / Institut National de l'Audiovisuel / Bophana Production En association avec SIMF Management(Singapore)/TV5 Développé avec le soutien du Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée du programme MEDIA de l'Union Européenne et de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie avec la participation de TV5Monde
Genre Feature film - Drama Shooting place Cambodia Format HD/Color
Cast
The Pilot Cyril GUEI
Pang CHUOP Jhem
Siet CHHOEUM Soeum
Ney CHHOEUM Pruoch
Pang's friend RUON Rann
Oncle Vorn LUON Logn
Chief Khmer Rouge YIM Vutha
Grand-Mother Yun NEAM Koeum
So CHUUM Cheng Huor
Tuol THAN Saron
Tuol's wife HENG Cheam
Presse et festivals
Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains (FIFDH) (Switzerland) 2012
Hong Kong IFF 2012
Festival Étoiles Francophones / Cousu Main (France) 2012
Cambodia International Film Festival (Cambodia) 2011
Singapore Film Festival 2011
24th Tokyo International Film Festival 2011 (Japan) 2011
PPP International Films Festival Pusan

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