Followinghermother’sdeath,mangaartistSoriyatravelstoherancestralhomeinPhnomPenh,withhopesofreconnect...展开ingwithherdistantfamilyandusingthevisitasinspirationforherwork.Allgoeswellinitially.RentinganapartmentinMetta,arundownKhmerRouge-erahousingcomplex,hervisittohermaternalrelativesfindsherwelcomedwithopenarms.ButSoriya’swakinghoursintheapartmentanditssurroundingsarepunctuatedbyterrifying,bloodyvisions,almostasthoughshewereaconduitforhorrorsofthepastwantingtoseepintothepresent.InrasothythepNethandSokyouChea’sblood-chillingpsychologicalhorrorexploresapersonalandpoliticalpastthroughthepresent,transformingacharacterfulspaceintoaninsidiousenvironment.Surroundedbymodernhigh-rises,thisdecrepitstructure,withitsbrutalistarchitectureandpeelingsurfaces,isarelicfromadarkperiodinhistorywhosepainfulmemoriesithasabsorbed.IntracingSoriya’sominousjourneybacktoherroots,TenementhintsatanecessaryreckoningwithCambodia’spoliticalpastwithoutoverplayingitshistoricaldimension.It’sanimpressiveworkfromawoefullyunderrepresentednationalcinema.收起
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