Exil

Acclaimed Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh has dedicated his film career, including 2013's Oscar-nominated The Missing Picture, to remembering the devastating events and aftermath of the Khmer Rouge-engineered genocide that claimed the lives of millions from 1975 to 1979. His Exil reflects on his country's and his own darkest days in a deeply personal and cerebral elegy. Combining archive footage with staged scenes and narration that represent the director, the abstract essay film confronts memories of profound terror and loss as well as the extreme ideologies that spawn revolution and destruction.