Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
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During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh looks at an irreparable tragedy that is less visible, yet no less pervasive: the spiritual death that results when young women are forced into prostitution. Angry and impassioned, PAPER CANNOT WRAP UP EMBERS presents the searing stories of poor Asian women whose lives were violated and their destinies destroyed when their bodies were turned into items of sexual commerce.
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Rithy Panh Director
United States release February 8, 2009 · Produced in Cambodia, France · Production France 3, France 5
Production
Catherine Dussart Productions
Production
France 3
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France 5
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SundanceTV
Production
Télé-Québec
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Bophana Production
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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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La Procirep-Angoa
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MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI)
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Cambodia · France
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Languages
Original title
Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise
Original language
Khmer
Spoken on screen
Khmer
Release dates
Greece · March 19, 2007
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
France · March 31, 2007
Theatrical
United States · February 8, 2009
Portland International Film Festival
Belgium
August 8, 2007
Philippines
October 26, 2008 · Cinemanila International Film Festival
Poland
December 8, 2007 · International Film Festival Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film. Warsaw.
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