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Irradiated

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"Irradiated" is a danse macabre of historical footage and Butoh performance in which the Cambodian filmmaker reflects on the nature of evil through acts of human cruelty across the 20th century. The radiation of the film's title alludes not only to the atomic bomb but to the use of poison gas in the trenches of World War I, the Nazi death camps, atrocities in Vietnam and Cambodia and to the human stain that lies within everyone: the compulsion to destroy and the urge to forget.

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David Ehrlich IndieWire 03/03/2020
B+
A gruesomely effective defense against historical forgetting. Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 02/29/2020
The individual, often highly shocking sequences of death and destruction become unmoored from what they depict, the better to become small tiles in a bruisingly gargantuan mosaic that only screams that war is hell and human beings unspeakably cruel. Go to Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International 02/28/2020
There can be no doubt about the sincerity, integrity or artistic seriousness of Irradiated, a cri de coeur for an age of conflict by Cambodian-born film-maker Rithy Panh. Go to Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage 07/18/2023
... Gripping new work by documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh, a statement of principles in the face of our hunger for destruction. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 09/23/2022
A kind of Godardian screen essay musing on the last century or so of global atrocities, whose visuals are presented in widescreen triptych form. Go to Full Review Redmond Bacon Cultured Vultures 02/28/2020
8/10
The only documentary in the Berlinale Competition, the devastating Irradiés more than deserves its inclusionc Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Rithy Panh

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André Wilms

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Rebecca Marder

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artiste Butō

Christophe Bataille

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Rithy Panh

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Synopsis "Irradiated" is a danse macabre of historical footage and Butoh performance in which the Cambodian filmmaker reflects on the nature of evil through acts of human cruelty across the 20th century. The radiation of the film's title alludes not only to the atomic bomb but to the use of poison gas in the trenches of World War I, the Nazi death camps, atrocities in Vietnam and Cambodia and to the human stain that lies within everyone: the compulsion to destroy and the urge to forget.
Director
Rithy Panh
Screenwriter
Christophe Bataille, Rithy Panh, Agnès Sénémaud
Production Co
Catherine Dussart Production
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 5m
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