Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

90 mins | Documentary | March 31, 2007

During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh looks at an irreparable tragedy that is less visible, yet no less pervasive: the spiritual death that results when young women are forced into prostitution. Angry and impassioned, PAPER CANNOT WRAP UP EMBERS presents the searing stories of poor Asian women whose lives were violated and their destinies destroyed when their bodies were turned into items of sexual commerce.

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

90 mins | Documentary | March 31, 2007

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh looks at an irreparable tragedy that is less visible, yet no less pervasive: the spiritual death that results when young women are forced into prostitution. Angry and impassioned, PAPER CANNOT WRAP UP EMBERS presents the searing stories of poor Asian women whose lives were violated and their destinies destroyed when their bodies were turned into items of sexual commerce.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP)
Original title Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise
Directors Rithy Panh
Writers Rithy Panh

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