From Laos to the U.S., abandonment follows a family in this lyrical documentary
di Sheri Linden The Los Angeles Times
As the documentary "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" moves deeper into its story, the meaning of its title grows less categorical and more affecting. Exploring a Lao family's experience during and since the Vietnam War, the film chronicles the treacheries of geopolitics and the upheaval of exile.
Abandonment surfaces at every turn, taking on a more intimate impact well after the Phrasavath family has settled, uneasily, in Brooklyn. Its saga, told with soul-stirring specificity, is also in a sense the history of 20th century bloodshed and dislocation, hauntingly anticipated in 5,000-year-old Lao prophecies. [...]
di Sheri Linden, articolo completo (2750 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 16 gennaio 2009
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