WHITE BUILDING
by Kavich Neang
synopsis
Twenty-year-old Samnang and two of his friends live in the White Building, a landmark tenement in Phnom Penh. In this fast-changing city, the three boys practice their dance routine dreaming of television talent contests while their parents lead a more traditional lifestyle. But the White Building is to be demolished. Samnang observes his father unsuccessfully attempting to bring together his divided neighbours on the government’s compensation offers for residents to move out, and he must face his best friend’s departure from Cambodia. Samnang finds that the stable environment he has always called home is on shaky ground.
international title: | White Building |
original title: | Bodeng sar |
country: | Cambodia, France, China, Qatar |
sales agent: | Les Films du Losange |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kavich Neang |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Kavich Neang, Daniel Mattes |
cast: | Piseth Chhun, Sithan Hout, Sokha Uk, Chinnaro Soem, Sovann Tho, Jany Min, Chandalin Y |
cinematography by: | Douglas Seok |
film editing: | Félix Rehm |
art director: | Tith Kanitha, Anne-Sorya Fitte |
costumes designer: | Chea Sovettorn |
music: | Jean-Charles Bastion |
producer: | Davy Chou, Marine Arrighi de Casanova, Jia Zhang-Ke, Etienne Rotha Moeng, Brandon Hashimoto |
production: | Apsara Films, Anti-Archive (KH), Kongchak Pictures (KH) |
distributor: | Les Films du Losange |