Jean-Baptiste Phou

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Centers on a Parisian rapper who suddenly becomes deaf and his relationships.

A story where dream dissolves into reality, and where the body speaks what words cannot.

Based on family archives, the artist tells an intimate story about uprooting, heritage and absence. This movie highlights the emotional value of ordinary images and questions what we choose to pass down or hide.

My Mother’s Tongue explores the delicate relationship between a mother and son who don’t speak the same language, until something unlocks when she suddenly falls very ill. The emotional journey unfolds through a series of vignettes that draw the viewer deeper into the inner world of a son seeking understanding and to be understood.