A tragic and mesmerizing reflection on the Khmer Rouge genocide, its casualties and those left in the wake of the aftermath, Rithy Panh's unforgettable Graves Without A Name is unflinchingly bold in its real-life representation of a horrifying history. Panh's has devoted the majority of his filmmaking career to exposing and meditating on the reality and devistating effects of the Khmer Rouge regime that plagued Cambodia in the 1970s. In this film, we accompany a young boy as he searches for the unmarked graves of his relatives, a journey that is a raw, physical ordeal, as well as a spiritual quest for a semblance of closure.
Rithy Panh is a veteran filmmaker whose work largely focuses on the aftermath and global awareness of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime that plagued Cambodia in the 1970s. His other films on the subject include The Missing Picture (13) and S-21 (03).
"[T]his quietly, profoundly moving film should find a committed festival audience." - Screen Daily