PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Angelina Jolie’s powerful film, First They Killed My Father, dey available to stream on Netflix, and e sure say e go fit touch your heart. The film, wey come out for September 2017, na adaptation of Loung Ung memoir wey she co-write with Angelina.
Set for 1975 during the Khmer Rouge reign for Cambodia, the story follow five-year-old Loung wey turn child soldier after her family life scatter. Her siblings dey sent to labor camps as the regime dey oppress people from 1975 to 1979. The film star Sreymoch Sareum, Kompheak Phoeung, Sveng Socheata, and others wey be mostly Cambodian.
First They Killed My Father show say e get almost entirely Cambodian cast, and the dialogue dey mostly in Khmer language. Critics don appreciate the film well well upon e release. The Guardian give am four-star review, say Angelina don create correct art work wey full of deep meaning. BBC review call am “vividly real” and “shaped with a sure artistic hand.” Rotten Tomatoes give the film 88 percent approval rating with average score of 7.8 out of 10.
The film plot dey like this: “For the 1970s, one middle-class Cambodian girl see her family life turn upside-down when the Khmer Rouge invade. Dem left their comfortable life go primitive work camp. When her papa wey be former officer die, the family split to survive.”
This film na Angelina fourth time wey she dey direct. She start for 2011 with In the Land of Blood and Honey, continue with Unbroken for 2014, and By the Sea for 2015. After First They Killed My Father, she come direct Without Blood, wey come out for 2024.
Angelina talk about the difference wey dey when you dey act compared to when you dey direct, she tell Screen Daily say: “When you direct film, e dey different from when you act. Acting na just few months of your life, but directing na years, e must really mean something to you.”
People wey get Netflix fit watch First They Killed My Father now, and the film dey show as e reflect the resilience of families during difficult times.
