Buoyancy
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1h 32m
Directed by Rodd Rathjen • Drama • 2019 • Australia • Khmer, Thai with English subtitles
Starring Sarm Heng, Thanawut Kasro, Mony Ros
This story of a spirited Cambodian teenager sold into forced labor on a Thai fishing boat is a passionate testimony against social injustice and a moving coming-of-age tale about a boy whose humanity is put to the test. Trapped at sea with a brutal captain and hope dwindling, he decides to take control of the trawler. Nominated for the Amnesty International Film prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
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