Diamond Island

Diamond Island

2016 · 101 min · FR · 7.5 (20 votes)
Dir. Davy Chou · Starring Sobon Nuon, Cheanick Nov, Madeza Chhem, Mean Korn, Samnang Nut, Samnang Khim
Drama

Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an ultra-modern paradise for the rich and a symbol of tomorrow’s Cambodia. He befriends his fellow workers and finds his elder brother, the charismatic Solei, who went missing five years earlier. Solei introduces him into an exciting world, that of an urban and wealthy youth, its girls, nights and illusions.

VIBE

A hazy, dreamlike journey into the intoxicating allure of modernity and the harsh realities beneath its shimmering surface. It captures the yearning for a better life against a backdrop of rapid change, leaving you with a sense of beautiful, unsettling unease.

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