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Swimming to Cambodia
UNITED STATES · 1987

Swimming to Cambodia

Jonathan Demme
acting and performance cambodian genocide war and conflict personal memoir cultural displacement
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Synopsis

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

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