Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre

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Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre
Directed by	Rithy Panh
Written by	Rithy Panh
Starring	Vantha Talisman Éric Nguyen
Distributed by	Catherine Dussart Productions
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	87 min.
Country	Cambodia/France
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Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre (Literally, "Let the boat break its back, let the junk break open") is a 2001 French-Cambodian made-for-television romantic-drama film directed by Rithy Panh.

[edit] Synopsis

This telefilm describes the meeting between Cambodian restaurateur Bopha ("flower"), a survivor of the genocide of the Khmer Rouge, and a Vietnamese man named Mihn, a "boat people" refugee who drives a taxi at night and works as a deliveryman during the day for his uncle's grocery store.

[edit] Cast

Vantha Talisman as Bopha
Éric Nguyen as Mihn
Molica Kheng as Lacksmey
Chamroeun Na as Yeay Mean
Amara Tan as Naline

[edit] External links

Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre at the Internet Movie Database

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Films of Rithy Panh

Site 2 (1989) • Cambodge, entre guerre et paix (1991) • Rice People (1994) • Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy (1996) • One Evening After the War (1998) • The Land of the Wandering Souls (2000) • Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre (2001) • S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003) • The People of Angkor (2003) • The Burnt Theatre (2005) • Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise (2007) • Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2008)