The enigma that was Pol Pot still remains to this day, with parts of his true story being relatively unknown even Cambodians, in a sense of mystery that was actually cultivated by him during his regime. One of the lesser known facts, which Pot himself kept hidden, was that he grew up in the royal court, as his older brother was a low-level official there, with Chea Samy, one of the greatest artists of Cambodia's ritualistic dance tradition, functioning as his foster mother, and also the one who introduced him to the concept of the particular type of dancing.
Pol Pot Dancing is screening at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
In that fashion, Enrique Sanchez Lansch's film unfolds under three main narratives. The first one is the life of Chea Samy, before, during and after the regime, the second the particular dancing, connected to both the aforementioned and her student, Sophiline Cheam,...
Pol Pot Dancing is screening at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
In that fashion, Enrique Sanchez Lansch's film unfolds under three main narratives. The first one is the life of Chea Samy, before, during and after the regime, the second the particular dancing, connected to both the aforementioned and her student, Sophiline Cheam,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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