Golden Slumbers

2011

1h 36m

Documentary

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100%

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7 Reviews

56%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Filmmaker Davy Chou investigates the lost cinematic heritage of Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge destroyed all the movies made between 1960 and 1975.

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Sam Weisberg

Village Voice

Slumbers excels because it trusts the audience to imagine its own version of Phnom Penh's golden age.

Nov 1, 2013

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Kalvin Henely

Slant Magazine

It puts value back on people who've historically been undervalued, both by the Khmer Rouge and, by lack of mention, cinema history at large.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 30, 2013

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Mr. Chou taps into something profound about the dream life of a nation ...

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2013

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Golden Slumbers provides a memento of their lost screen renaissance...

Sep 22, 2023

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Glenn Dunks

The Film Experience

Not only does it seek to understand what makes film such a special medium for so many people ... but Golden Slumbers also explores what it has meant for the Cambodian people to have their filmed history systematically erased and abandoned.

Rated: B

May 2, 2021

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Golden Slumbers" is a great documentary, focusing on a topic that could be easily forgotten if not for this film, and in that fashion, truly fulfils one of the main purposes of the medium, to retain memory.

Apr 13, 2020

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Audience Member

sombre and poignant re-collection of a lost generation of Cambodian cinema, with only interviews of surviving personnel, photos, locations, and fortunately, the music, to hint of a great legacy that was thoroughly destroyed by the ravages of war. great pity indeed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Poignant tales of lost Khmer film industry; sadly, archive shortage results not in brevity, but endless travelogue padding.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Golden, and very slumbery. As advertised. #MIFF2012

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Davy Chou

Director

Rithy Panh

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Jacky Goldberg

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Thomas Favel

Cinematographer

Laurent Leveneur

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Davy Chou investigates the lost cinematic heritage of Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge destroyed all the movies made between 1960 and 1975.

Director: Davy Chou
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Khmer
Runtime: 1h 36m