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Fight or flight

August 23 - August 29, 2023
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Gulf Weekly Fight or flight

BAHRAIN CINEMA CLUB – Wednesday, 7pm, Juffair

Film: First They Killed My Father

Director: Angelina Jolie

Duration: Two hours and 16 minutes

Cast: Sreymoch Sareum, Kompheak Phoeung, Socheta Sveng, Mun Kimhak, Run Malina and Sreyneang Oun

Plot: Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official, lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung’s family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labour camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.

For details, call Huda Tabbara on 39682323.







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