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20-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 neighbors 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.

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Jun 15, 2023
...beautiful feature debut, an urban elegy about what’s thick in the air when the home one has always known is not long for the world. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker May 21, 2023
The movie seems lived-in; its virtually tactile details and its trenchantly analytical dialogue feel like intimate aspects of the filmmaker’s audiovisual, emotional, and intellectual experience. Go to Full Review Austin Considine New York Times May 18, 2023
The film’s loose plotting and secondary character development can leave a few too many hanging threads, but its sense of place is so palpable you can almost smell the smoky city markets, the sweat, the hormones. Go to Full Review Kelly Vance East Bay Express Sep 21, 2023
The images give Neang’s cityscape a tinge of doomed romanticism. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Sep 19, 2023
...it’s a graceful first feature with a poetical sense of loss that lingers after the final credit crawl... Go to Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 16, 2023
Neang shows a remarkable confidence as a first-time feature director in conveying, through expertly timed silences and pauses, the tension seething below the smooth surface of things. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Neang Kavich

Director

Piseth Chhun

Samnang

Soem Chinnaro

Ah Kha

Tho Sovann

Tol

Jany Min

Kanha

Hout Sithorn

Samnang's Father

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Synopsis 20-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 neighbors 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.
Director
Neang Kavich
Producer
Davy Chou, Marine Arrighi de Casanova
Screenwriter
Neang Kavich, Daniel Mattes
Distributor
KimStim
Production Co
CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Anti-Archive, Doha Film Institute, Kongchak Pictures, Xstream Pictures, Apsara Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Khmer
Release Date (Theaters)
May 19, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m
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