Enemies of the People

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Enemies of the People

Released Jul 30, 2010

1h 33m

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Over 10 years time, journalist Thet Sambath elicits confessions of the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot's regime, getting answers about the evils that destroyed his own family.

Leslie Felperin

Variety

In the watchable, melancholy Enemies of the People, Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath metaphorically tills the killing fields of his country in search of answers to why so many people, including members of his own family, were slain by the Khmer Rouge.

Feb 23, 2012

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Philip French

Guardian

A fascinating documentary that illustrates Georges Bernanos's famous dictum: "La colre des imbciles remplit le monde."

Dec 27, 2010

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

This astonishing documentary by Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath, whose entire family was killed by the Khmer Rouge, gets as near as anyone has done to discovering how and why the killing fields happened.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 15, 2010

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

A painful reminder of the fragility of human life.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 28, 2019

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

The result is a film within a film, the portrait of a devoted artist trying to get to the root of incomprehensible events that destroyed his family.

Aug 26, 2019

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Like Chillingworth's investigations of the minister Dimmesdale in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," Sambath's conversations with Brother Number 2 and other killers aren't just reporter's interviews. They're attempts to cleanse and purge the heart.

Rated: 8/10

Feb 23, 2012

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Richard B

Methodically put together collection of interviews of the killers for the Khmer Rouge.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Ethan F

A lifes work for the creator. A human approach to telling history that does not muddy the waters with taking an angle on the facts. Truly touching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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David B

A very powerful film, this is one of those films that keeps in your mind for days, trying to digest what you have seen and heard in this film. I am 54 and I have been around and seen things in my years, but it still shocks me to see what man kind can do to each other, its one crazy world we live in, and you wonder why I do believe there is no GOD out there. A must see film, very ,very good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/15

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Audience Member

Personal, in depth and up front disclosure of some of the most terrofying events in Cambodias recent history brought to viewers by Thet Sambath. Excellent insight into the minds behind the Killing Fields of Cambodia.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Shocking, striking, extraordinary documentary. A must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

Excellent film, heart-wrenching documentary

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Rob Lemkin

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Rob Lemkin

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Synopsis

Over 10 years time, journalist Thet Sambath elicits confessions of the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot's regime, getting answers about the evils that destroyed his own family.

Director: Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath
Producer: Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath
Screenwriter: Rob Lemkin
Distributor: International Film Circuit [us]
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.2K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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