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Phoeung Kompheak is known for First They Killed My Father (2017), The Gate (2014) and P.O.V. (1988).
- Actor, Additional Crew
- 2 min
Sep 15, 2017 · First They Killed My Father: Directed by Angelina Jolie. With Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak. Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Angelina Jolie
- 2017-09-15
Oct 5, 2017 · Phoeung Kompheak. During the Khmer Rouge Trials, Phoeung acted as the translator for Kaing Guek Eav [commonly known as Comrade Duch, who headed the notorious S-21 prison where an estimated 15,000 people died during the Khmer Rouge]. He was sentenced to life behind bars in 2012.
Sep 14, 2017 · ‘First They Killed My Father,’ with Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata. Directed by Angelina Jolie, from a screenplay by Jolie and Loung Ung. 136 minutes.
Sep 15, 2017 · Ung is one of seven children living in relative comfort in Phnom Penh; her father (played with extraordinary grace by Phoeung Kompheak) is a government official, and when the Khmer Rouge rebels...
- Angelina Jolie
Oct 31, 2014 · On a recent evening, Phoeung Kompheak was sitting behind a smudged white screen, next to a chain-smoking drummer, ordering around shadow puppeteers. They were rehearsing for a production of the great Hindu epic, the Ramayana, to be performed during this week’s Water Festival.
Sep 21, 2017 · Loung’s gentle, generous father (Phoeung Kompheak) is a government official, and that’s dangerous. The new order makes literacy, and even the act of thinking for oneself, a criminal offense.