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First They Killed My Father
2017
· Movie
· 136 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
53–94
out of 100
Told from a child's perspective, this is the story of a five-year-old girl whose comfortable life is shattered when the Khmer Rouge regime takes over Cambodia in 1975. Her family is forced from their home and into labor camps, where she must confront starvation, fear, and the brutal loss of her childhood innocence as she struggles to survive.
Details
- Director
- Angelina Jolie
- Writers
- Angelina Jolie, Loung Ung
- Based on
- First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
- Studio
- Bophana Production
- Released
- 18 February 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Central Khmer, English, French
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $24.0M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →3 wins from 9 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2018 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
| Women's Image Network Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
| Camerimage 2017 | Bronze Frog | Anthony Dod Mantle | Winner |
| Hollywood Film Awards 2017 | Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award | Loung Ung, Angelina Jolie | Winner |
| National Board of Review 2017 | Freedom of Expression Award | Angelina Jolie | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
Camerimage
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bronze Frog | Anthony Dod Mantle | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award | Loung Ung, Angelina Jolie | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Freedom of Expression Award | Angelina Jolie | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |
Women's Image Network Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Angelina Jolie | Nominee |