The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
”Nerakhoon” (”The Betrayal”), the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras, took 23 years to make. The film, about a family caught in the tides of war, is as much a history lesson about a part of the Vietnam War that is little known as it is a story of how co-director Thavisouk Phrasavath came to America at the age of 14 with his mother and nine siblings after his homeland, Laos fell to the Communists. (…)
As one might expect from a fi lm directed by a famed cinematographer, ”Nerakhoon” (”The Betrayal”) is beautifully shot and visually poetic. Kuras has a talent for using images and imagery to tell her story, and she immerses us into the lives of Thavi and his family through 23 years of following and filming their story.
– KIM VOYNAR, CINEMATICAL.COM
Duration: 96 min
Dialogue: English, Lao
Subtitles: English
