FUNAN Opens in Select Theaters Starting This Friday
Source: GKIDS Inc. press release Official Site: funanmovie.com FUNAN, based on the family history of director Denis Do, is a story of survival and enduring hope set during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1970s Cambodia. Winner of the top prizes at the Annecy Animation Festival and the Animation is Film Festival, FUNAN is a searing and remarkable debut from Do. The film features the voices of Bérénice Bejo (THE ARTIST) and Louis Garrel (THE DREAMERS). StoryZ Cambodia, April 1975. Chou is a young woman whose everyday world is suddenly upended by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime. During the chaos of the forced exile from their home, Chou and her husband are separated from their 4-year-old son, who has been sent to an unknown location. As she navigates her new reality, working in the fields day and night under the careful watch of soldiers, and surviving the small indignities and harrowing realities of the increasingly grim work camps, Chou remains steadfast in her determination to reunite her family -- even if it means risking everything. Theaters STARTING JUNE 7 IFC Center (New York, NY) STARTING JUNE 14 Laemmle Glendale (Los Angeles, CA) STARTING JUNE 21 The Plaza (Atlanta, GA) The Roxie (San Francisco, CA) Austin Film Society (Austin, TX) STARTING JUNE 28 The Luna (Lowell, MA) Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago, IL) Cinemapolis (Ithaca, NY) CCA Cinematheque (Santa Fe, NM) Upcoming July dates at funanmovie.com.
Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Beast Productions / Vivement Lundi! / Pedri Animation - 2018
Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Beast Productions / Vivement Lundi! / Pedri Animation - 2018
Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Beast Productions / Vivement Lundi! / Pedri Animation - 2018
Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Beast Productions / Vivement Lundi! / Pedri Animation - 2018
Image courtesy of GKIDS. ©Beast Productions / Vivement Lundi! / Pedri Animation - 2018