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Solyanna Poeung Miss Cambodia in France

by khmerbird on January 24, 2010

Solyanna Poeung Photo by LA VOIX

Just find out news about Miss Cambodia in France was interviewed by France 3. Solyanna is 21 years old. She lives in Mouvaux, France. She has just been elected as Miss Cambodia in France 2010. A competition organized by the Cambodian television Apsara in France.

She was born in France but as I heard in Interview, she can sing Khmer very well. I heard she came to Cambodia 4 times already. Maybe one day she will find a job here or maybe she would not like the heat? :-)

Let’s check out for more information of her interview with France 3 (sorry it was in France but standstill to the end, you will hear a Cambodian song. Maybe it’s also your favorite song):

via Sophea’s Blog

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Charlotte GAINSBOURG she is the daughter of famous French composer and signer Serge GAINSBOURG, i like her father, all his works are exceptional and give me a lot of inspiration into writing and imagination.

Charlotte GAINSBOURG, fist appeared in a film directed by her father Serge … then she began to work in film industry and later married to the Actor/director Yvan Attal … if you remember the French driver in Rush Hour 3 …

She now won the best Actress award for the film Antichrist, directed by Lars von Trier

here is the completed list of the winners:

Palme d’Or: The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke

Grand Prix: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard

Special Jury Prize: Alan Resnais director of Wild Grass

Prix du Jury (Jury Prize): Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold & Thirst directed by Park Chan-Wook

Best Director: Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza

Best Screenplay: Spring Fever by Lou Ye

Best Actor: Christopher Waltz for Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourgh for Antichrist

Camera d’Or: Samson and Delilah directed by Warwick Thorton

Camera d’Or (Special Mention): Ajami

Short Film Palme d’Or: Arena directed by Joao Salaviza

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Tell no one, a must-seen film

by khmerbird on April 2, 2009

Tell no onei first known Guillaume Canet, a young French actor, in the “Beach”, then again i saw him in a remarkable French film “Mon idole”, which was directed by himself.

he’s young but with his new film “Tell no one”, i think everybody knows who he is …

i looked at some video clip at the new york time the film looks great and i heard the film got many award, especially Guillaume Canet has received best director award for this film.

it’s a film about after losing his wife for 8 years, one day he receives an email, when he click on the link, he see the face of his wife standing in the crow and being film in real time. does she still alive? and why does she instructs him to tell no one?

i not yet find the film for my collection but for sure it’s a must-see film in my list, sometime it takes me 7 years to find a film, so nothing strange to me when i said so.

i like the background music, it’s new and fresh, in life we always need something new and fresh.

Tell No One official website

Tell No One Trailers and Clips

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Holy lola – a panorama of Phnom Penh in the rain

by khmerbird on September 13, 2008

For me, when i watched Holy lola, the movie reminds me of the scenes and music from Taxi Driver, the masterpiece of Martin Scorsese.

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In Holy lola movie, most of the scenes were filmed outdoor of Phnom Penh city, on the streets, people with different kinds of automobile driving in the rain, children playing at the sidewalk …. the magnificent landscape of the rice field and the countryside road will let you enjoy this movie pictures and I love all outdoor scenes. The movie will allow you to make a collection of panorama pictures of Phnom Penh city with a very good original music composed.

It’s a movie from Cambodia that talked about something else than just the genocide. It’s talks about a French couple that came to adopt a child from Cambodia. All along the movie is the problems of the paperwork and corruption system of Cambodian administration officers and some systematical error in French administration as well. Just before the premiere of movie on the screen in Phnom Penh, about ten blocked cases was released and finalized due to the movie. At this point, we should know, sometime a movie could change the situation.

But the story, due to the great talent and experiences of well-known director Bertrand Tavernier, was told in a humor way and nothing much from the corruption system will disturb you. The director, beside to try his best to capture every images he found in the city, try to focus on the problem of the couple, rather than being stuck in a corruption system. I got a feeling that he understand why there’s corruption in such poor country.

At the end, even with many issues, Holy lola, the child, have been successfully adopted by the French couple. Most of the cast are French actors and actress that came from France and there are some Cambodians not really professional actors or actress jointed the cast also. When watching the movie, you will feel how the actors and actress have been changed their performance due to being stay on the set, in the real location, they are changed by the Cambodian environment and all of them I believe they love this country.

Synopsis:

A French couple travels to Cambodia, hoping to adopt a child there. Geraldine and Pierre, who have exhausted the adoption procedures in their own country, realize that they’ll have to undergo even more paperwork and procedures in this country haunted by war and torn by misery.
Between the crammed orphanages full of “already adopted” children, the civil servants who offer hope in exchange for cash and the hotel where they meet other couples undergoing the same process, Geraldine is about to give up, while Pierre sours on the whole ordeal. At the end of two months, just as they are on the point of going home empty handed, an eight-month-old baby is finally put into their arms. Only one more test must be faced: obtaining an exit visa for the child…

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Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Music: Henri Texier
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carre, Lara Guirao, Bruno Putzulu
Title: Holy Lola
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: France
Genre: Drama, Foreign

Image Source: Holy lola Official Website

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Stanislas – La belle de mai

by khmerbird on September 8, 2008

even you don’t speak French, i suggest a sweet love song, which it actually could tell a bit about love. as you know love is too big, it is good enough already if someone can tell a bit about it.

in this song, what i admire about is when he said:

love is made for those who love
but not for those who want to be loved
there’s no future in love, no emblem
and i am so scare to love you.

it’s a very good song, i found

Stanislas

Titile: La belle de mai
Artiste : Stanislas Renoult – Stanislas
Album : L’Equilibre Instable

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