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Betrayal - Nerakhoon, The
Cinema Guild
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Shot over the course of 23 years, Thavi narrates his own story as a child surviving the Vietnam war and then as a young man struggling to overcome the hardships of immigrant life, an experience shared with his mother in war. Breathtaking and compelling, renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras’s film is a poetic, deeply personal film, a powerfully eloquent tribute of what it means to be in exile, of the far-reaching consequences of war, and of the resilient bonds of family. Thavisouk’s unforgettable journey reminds us of the strength necessary to survive and of the human spirit’s inspiring capacity to adapt, rebuild, and forgive. (Celluloid Dreams)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: November 21, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
96 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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New York Magazine
David Edelstein
The film is lyrical, expansive, unbearably beautiful.
80
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Impressionistic and lyrical, as well as somber and gripping, The Betrayal conveys a ceaseless flow. It's as if the filmmaker has opened a window onto a parallel world traveling beside our own.
80
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
More than anything, The Betrayal is a cinematic essay about family and loss and home, one that's ironic and elegiac in tone and requires some patience.
75
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A powerful account of how the American dream became a nightmare for one Laotian family.
70
Variety
Scott Foundas
Though an admirable attempt to allow the characters to tell their own story in their own voices, docu may be a bit too freely associative, as it becomes difficult at times to identify individual characters... Picture's second half, which proceeds in a more linear fashion, is resolutely gripping.
70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The result is imperfect, but its roughness is entirely consistent with the way the filmmakers understand the traumatic experiences of displacement, loss and deprivation.
67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The past-and-present layering is a lot more resonant -- and less sketchy -- than the film's theme of ''betrayal,'' both familial and governmental.
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