2014 | Cambodia | NR | 106 min.
A young woman in Phnom Penh is irresistibly
drawn to an old man in a broken down cinema.
Why does he play the same film over and over?
Why is the last reel of the film missing? What
happens at the end of the story? And why does
the film’s romantic lead actress look just like
her? The shocking answers to these questions
lead her to a decision: she will remake the last
reel herself, directing and acting in the lead
role—if the developer who bought the theater
doesn’t turn it into condos first. This movie,
made by the first Cambodian woman to direct
a narrative feature since 1970, has everything
we love: historic cinemas, derring-do, female
filmmakers, mystery, love, and romance. We
laughed, we cried, we wanted to watch it all
over again as soon as the final frame hit the
screen. Do not miss this top pick of the festival.