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The Missing Picture

2013Movie1 h 35 min

83

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83

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Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Good for

Friends night
Thought-provoking
Adults

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Fingerprint

Teaches you something.
Weighs on you.
Breaks your heart.
Makes you care deeply.
Draws you into power games.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 93Audiences 75GoodWatch 84
Tomatometer99%
Metascore87
Audience score77%
User score7.6
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695
Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2013
November 4, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
Documentary
Language
French
Original language
Made in
Belgium
Cambodia
France
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 2
Rithy Panh Director, Screenplay, Editor, Production Design
Narith Roeun Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Christophe Bataille Screenplay
Production · 1
Catherine Dussart Producer
Camera · 1
Prum Mésar Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Marie-Christine Rougerie Editor
Sound · 1
Marc Marder Original Music Composer

Tropes

The Ken Burns Effectin 344 titlesUsed with stills. One scene shows a picture of laborers marching on a road, then pans out, then shows that the photo was put on a Khmer Rouge banknote that was never used.People's Republic of TyrannyRare · in 48 titlesPossibly the most brutal Real Life example ever, as not even Stalin or Kim Jong Il emptied out the cities.All 14 tropes

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