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BIRD OF PARADISE

L'oiseau de paradis

Directed by Marcel Camus
France, Cambodia, 1962
Documentary
  • 117117 minutes

Synopsis

In Cambodia, Sok, a young and imaginative boy, leaves the Buddhist priesthood to seek a more adventurous life. Tith, a friendly fortune-teller, gives him a bird of paradise which leads him to the Royal Palace at Pnompenh…

Synopsis

In Cambodia, Sok, a young and imaginative boy, leaves the Buddhist priesthood to seek a more adventurous life. Tith, a friendly fortune-teller, gives him a bird of paradise which leads him to the Royal Palace at Pnompenh…