Red Wedding (film)

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Produced byRithy Panh
CinematographyGuillaume Suon
Ambroise Boussier
Lida Chan
Edited byGuillaume Suon
Lida Chan
Narin Saobora
Red Wedding
Red Wedding poster
Directed byLida Chan
Guillaume Suon
Produced byRithy Panh
CinematographyGuillaume Suon
Ambroise Boussier
Lida Chan
Edited byGuillaume Suon
Lida Chan
Narin Saobora
Music byBenjamin Bleuez
Etienne Lechuga
Distributed byWomen Make Movies
Bophana Production
Tipasa Production
Release date
  • November 16, 2012 (2012-11-16) (IDFA)
Running time
58 minutes
CountriesCambodia
France
LanguageKhmer

Red Wedding (French: Noces rouges) is a 2012 documentary film co-directed by Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon, which portrays a victim of forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge regime.

The film premiered at the 2012 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) and won the Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary.

Red Wedding is the story of a survivor who pits her humanity against an ideology and a system designed to annihilate people like her. Between 1975 and 1979, at least 250,000 Cambodian women were forced into marriages by the Khmer Rouge. Sochan was one of them. At the age of 16, she was forced to marry a soldier who raped her. After 30 years of silence, Sochan decided to bring her case to the international tribunal set up to try former Khmer Rouge leaders.[1]

Production

Red Wedding is a Cambodian-French co-production produced by Rithy Panh through Bophana Production, Bophana Center and Tipasa Production. It was produced with the support of GIZ, Alter-ciné Foundation, Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, IDFA Fund, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Worldview and Cambodia Film Commission.[citation needed] Red Wedding is the first film about a victim of forced marriage and rape under the Khmer Rouge.[2] Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon's survey began in 2010 when forced marriages were qualified crimes against humanity by the Khmer Rouge tribunal. The film was shot in Pursat province, in Cambodia, between 2010 and 2012.[citation needed]

The film' is distributed by Women Make Movies,[3] Bophana Production and Tipasa Production.

Reception

The film received critical and public acclaim in Cambodia and internationally.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Awards

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