If anything the King had succeeded, besides regaining the independence from France, it is him scoring the fruitful damage control and makes the public adamant of seeing him as a different person. Lon Nol was nominated as the head of the coup. And his departure at its breaking point was said to be a cowardly act of treachery, but the king’s to have been as a justifiable neglect. Pol Pot occupied the country, propagandized as a means to bring back…

Oh god it's not even style over substance. This movie is absolutely abhorrent coming from a Cambodian guy over here, doesn't necessarily mean I have a big say over anyone in anyway, but having studied and witnessed through the emotional wreck of many of my elder relatives, especially my grandparents, it's heartbroken to see this movie, as a national representation, crumbles apart from the first scene to the very last second. I haven't read the book yet but it is…