Country of Scars: A documentary about a train voyage through Cambodia, meetings with passengers on the roofs and in the compartments full of hammocks. It was only a short time ago that Cambodia lost a quarter if its citizens under the Pol Pot regime. The country was completely closed off from the world. Trains did not run anymore, but now there is a daily connection between the capital and the Thai border. Outside the train there are portraits of a busy Thai monk, a Muslim leader and a victim of Pol Pot’s regime. In the train there are discussions about daily survival and the difficult task of coming to terms with the past.

Zilveren Nipkowschijf The Netherlands (Best Television Program of the Year)

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