Meeting with Pol Pot

Meeting with Pol Pot
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRithy Panh
Screenplay byRithy Panh
Pierre-Erwan Guillaume
Based onWhen the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
by Elizabeth Becker
Produced byCatherine Dussart
Roger Huang
Justine O.
StarringIrène Jacob
Grégoire Colin
Cyril Gueï
CinematographyAymerick Pilarski
Edited byMatthieu Laclau
Rithy Panh
Music byMarc Marder
Production
companies
Anupheap Productions
CDP
Distributed bySophie Dulac Distribution (France)
Westec Media (Cambodia)
Release dates
  • May 16, 2024 (2024-05-16) (Cannes)
  • June 5, 2024 (2024-06-05) (France)
  • August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) (Cambodia)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesCambodia
France
Turkey
Taiwan
Qatar
LanguagesFrench
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.