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Sokha, a 36-year-old "Khmerican" returnee, embodies the narrative arc of the film. Through him, we explore some pieces of his shattered personal history and dive into the meanders of his exile.
Sokha is a Khmer-American. The son of Cambodian refugees, he grew up in the United States. He was deported back to Cambodia seven years ago, where he still feels like a foreigner. Sokha hangs out with a group of "Khmericans" like himself and has married a Cambodian, recently the mother of their new baby. Between the ruins of his past in America and the shaky foundations of his future in Cambodia, he oscillates between two worlds apparently irreconcilable.

Credits

Director
Antoine Guide, Thibaut Amri, Lucas Sénécaut
Screenwriter
Antoine Guide, Thibaut Amri, Lucas Sénécaut
Producer
Rithy Panh

About the Director

Antoine Guide
After a master’s degree in Business and a master’s degree in Geography, Antoine co-created the Annecy Animation OFF Festival in 2010. He then worked as an Audio-visual Cooperation Officer at the French Embassy of Kinshasa in D.R. Congo. In 2014, Antoine took over the management of a French NGO in Cambodia. While in parallel, he created a video production agency in Phnom Penh and directed films for
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