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“Unsettling...
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S21 was a Cambodian prison where thousands were tortured and murdered by the Khmer
Rouge after it came to power in 1975; in total, some 2 million Cambodians were
murdered. Director Rithy Panh, who lost his parents and sisters in the genocide,
uses the testimonies and re-enactments of two survivors and a handful of former
guards to reconstruct these horrors. Set in the now derelict building, located
in a nondescript suburb of Phnom Pehn, the film attempts to understand how an
authoritarian regime can inculcate murderous behavior in ordinary people. S21
is the scariest of horror movies -- one in which no fancy special effects or villains
with super-powers are needed to suggest the epitome of evil.
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