| The Burnt Theatre | |
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| French | Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé |
| Directed by | Rithy Panh |
| Written by | Rithy Panh Agnès Sénémaud |
| Starring | Bopha Chheng Than Nan Doeun Peng Phan |
| Cinematography | Prum Mesa |
| Edited by | Marie-Christine Rougerie |
| Music by | Marc Marder |
| Distributed by | Catherine Dussart Productions Institut national de l'audiovisuel Les Acacias Arte |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Countries | Cambodia France |
| Language | Khmer |
The Burnt Theatre, or Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé, is a 2005 French-Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practise their art in the burned-out shell of Cambodia's former national theatre, the Preah Suramarit National Theatre in Phnom Penh.
The Burnt Theatre premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival as an official selection in the out-of-competition main programme,[1] and has been screened at several other film festivals.
- ^ "Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé". Cannes Film Festival. May 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-15.