Graves without a Name
aka Les tombeaux sans noms First screened in September 2018
Director: Rithy Panh. Documentary about communal, spiritual, memorial, and archaeological practices by which generations of Cambodians try to honor and pacify their dead. Screenplay: Rithy Panh and Agnès Sénémaud. Twitter Capsule:
Less overtly distinctive in its technique than The Missing Picture but just as poetic, pained, and poignant.
Second Capsule:
This is the first movie I've seen in Toronto and one of the few new ones I've screened all year that I would call unmissable. Heartbreaking.
VOR:⑤
Manages a panoramic view of cultural practices while maintaining a personal perspective of an unusually poetic sort. Rigor blends with tranquility.
