Family Memoir Feminist Reads. Chapters Chapter Epilogue. Key Figures. Important Quotes. Essay Topics. Summary On a hot mid-April day in , the Khmer Rouge invade Phnom Penh, forcing the Ungs and many other families to evacuate for fear of being killed. Unlock this Study Guide! Join SuperSummary to gain instant access to all 41 pages of this Study Guide and thousands of other learning resources.
Watch all you want. Angelina Jolie directs this unflinching true story based on the acclaimed book by Loung Ung. More Details. Watch offline. Available to download. First They Killed My Father tackles its subject matter with grace, skill, and empathy, offering a ground-level look at historic atrocities that resonates beyond its story's borders.
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Can't even speak highly of its cultural and historical significance, because much like the genocidal regime it portrays, its theoretical initial good intentions are so exceedingly dissonant from the actual result that you couldn't possibly overlook its monumental issues with a straight face. Tja Till. First of all, the production is generally well put together.
It's also not uninteresting and tells a story that needs to be told. There's also some brutality which is unflinchingly and effectively shot. It's also a movie which looks beautiful, although whether this is the right movie for such beauty is questionable. Now onto the negatives, which are quite extensive. The biggest problem with First They Killed My Father is the lack of any insight or nuance into the genocide depicted.
It's a film that basically boils down to a message that violence sucks, and that isn't enough to make a movie on. To complete this message, every…. Intent certainly plays a more significant role in the reception of some films than it does in others. By that token, Angelina Jolie's First They Killed My Father coasts on a healthy portion of goodwill due to its apparent desire not to be an American celebrity's commodifying vanity project, but rather a sincere portrait of the horrors of a war seldom depicted in the mainstream sphere.
Intent certainly plays a significant role in how First They Killed My Father was received, but it by no means plays the only role. Jolie's prominence in popular culture likely secured her passion project with a significantly higher budget than most local productions in the region.
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