Meeting with Pol Pot
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| Directed by | Rithy Panh |
| Screenplay by | Rithy Panh Pierre-Erwan Guillaume |
| Based on | When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Elizabeth Becker |
| Produced by | Catherine Dussart Roger Huang Justine O. |
| Starring | Irène Jacob Grégoire Colin Cyril Gueï |
| Cinematography | Aymerick Pilarski |
| Edited by | Matthieu Laclau Rithy Panh |
| Music by | Marc Marder |
Production companies | Anupheap Productions CDP |
| Distributed by | Sophie Dulac Distribution (France) Westec Media (Cambodia) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | Cambodia France Turkey Taiwan Qatar |
| Languages | French Khmer |
Meeting with Pol Pot (French: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Rithy Panh. Starring Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin and Cyril Gueï. It is partially based on real events and on the book When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Elizabeth Becker.
Meeting with Pol Pot had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2024 in the Cannes Premiere section. The film was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.