mandatory viewing for history film buffs

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2000)

A Cambodian translator saves the lives of a group of foreign reporters in Cambodia during the 1975 revolution. Graphic portrayal of the events leading up to the communist Khymer Rouge revolution and the genocide that followed. True-to-life performances by actors (one is a Cambodian who escaped the prison camps), myriad historical details and 'newsreel' style create authentic feel. Similar to 1982 films 'Missing' and 'Year of Living Dangerously' (Rating: A)