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 To Speak

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Ratana is a 12-year-old Cambodian girl, living a tenuous existence in an impoverished rural village. Despite the suffocating pessimism of her fellow villagers, she dreams of a better life, and of building a new and permanent home for her family.

But a better future seems impossible until a local development agency suggests a radical plan for achieving her dream.  The rest of the villagers think that Ratana is mad to trust the ‘outsiders’, but she seizes the opportunity and sets herself on a collision-course with her family, the village and even Mother-Nature herself.

To succeed, Ratana will need to rise above the grind of daily survival and also grapple with the terrible legacy of the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields ,pushing herself to the very limits of her strength and spirit.

To Speak is based on a true story.

SKU: 3023 Categories: ,
DIRECTOR Craig Ower
COUNTRY Singapore, Australia, Cambodia
YEAR 2007
GENRE Drama
DURATION 104 mins
LANGUAGE Khmer with English subtitles
FORMAT PAL DVD, Region 3
DVD FEATURES Director’s Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interview with Janne Ritskes (Tabitha Founder)
Reuben Kee Memorial
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
Singapore International Film Festival
Zero Film Festival