Film
The Old Man (film)
The Old Man (ចាស់កំព្រា) is a 2026 Cambodian drama by Somchanrith Chap about a lonely widower who tricks his grown children into coming home.[1][2]
Synopsis
Taro is an elderly widower whose grown children have drifted out of his life.[2][3] To bring his children home, Taro fakes his own death.[3] His children return to the house where they grew up and face the family's troubled past.[2]
Production and credits
Chap had earlier written and directed A Fistful of Pebbles, a western.[4] Leak Lyna produced the film.[2] The cast includes Tep Rindaro, Taing Meng, Som Sary, Bella Danith, Lucci Lucci, Hailey Pheng, Kim Vandysomanea and Kim Vandysomanuth.[2] The film is in Khmer.[5] The Cambodia Town Film Festival program book gives a running time of 98 minutes, and a CambodgeMag program notice for the Cambodia International Film Festival gives 100 minutes.[2][3]
Release and reception
The film was released on March 12, 2026.[1] It was the closing film of the 15th Cambodia International Film Festival, screened at Sabay Cinema in Phnom Penh on March 29, 2026.[3][6]
At the Cambodia Town Film Festival
The film was presented at the 12th Cambodia Town Film Festival in Long Beach, California, and screened at the Art Theatre of Long Beach.[2][5]
- 2026: narrative feature presentation.[2]
References 6
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LD Entertainment, រឿង ចាស់កំព្រា - The Old Man
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Cambodia Town Film Festival, 2026 program book (PDF)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 CambodgeMag, CIFF 2026 Final Weekend: A Cinematic Celebration of Memory, Family, and Future (March 26, 2026)
- ↑ ASEF culture360, Tropfest Southeast Asia 2015, Interview with filmmaker Somchanrith Chap (March 10, 2015)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Art Theatre Long Beach, Cambodia Town Film Festival: The Old Man
- ↑ Le Petit Journal Cambodge, Le Cambodia International Film Festival fête sa 15e édition à Phnom Penh
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