Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future.... (Full plot summary below)
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Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future.
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| The New York TimesGlenn KennyDo’s tale is resolutely earthbound. He uses animation as an interrogation into the practice of fictional depiction derived from actual atrocities. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFunan is a stunning piece of animation in which the beauty of the visuals and the horror of the situation are inextricably intertwined. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeThe last half hour of Funan is so heavy that the film effectively plays more as tragedy than as triumph, all the more impactful for being true. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiThe director translates the overwhelming concept of genocide into intimate, daily struggles, and the horror is indisputable, and inescapable; if you ever thought such a historical horror was “unthinkable,” you’ll think again. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerIt's an education suitable for both children ready to see the world's shadows, and for adults who may still not comprehend Southeast Asian history beyond the Vietnam War. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFunan is structured as a series of carefully choreographed set pieces in which things go from bad to worse to unimaginably awful. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerDespite some narrative cliches, the painstaking way that the movie documents a very dark period in Cambodian history is a noteworthy achievement. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievDo has created a tense, heartbreaking ode to a tragic time; a deeply personal story, superbly visualized. |
| Slant MagazineKeith WatsonThere are hints that the film will scale itself to the broader historical context of this era, but the screenplay never elaborates on the ethnic strife the undergirds the Cambodian genocide. |
