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A Scale Boy (2010)

18 min - Documentary - 1 October 2010
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Fourteen-year-old Chan Sory studies classical Cambodian music at the Center of Cambodian Living Arts. Abandoned by his father after his birth, he is now alone after his mother disappeared, unable to reimburse a loan. To continue to pay for the rent and his school fees, every evening he offers to weigh passersby on an old weighing machine for a few coins. During the Khmer Rouge regime, almost 90% of the Cambodian artists were massacred. Many ancient art forms are threatened to sink into oblivion today. Fortunately, a small community of people nowadays endeavours to rediscover these arts.

Director:  Kavich Neang
Writers:  Kavich Neang
Stars:  Chan Sory

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Fourteen-year-old Chan Sory studies classical Cambodian music at the Center of Cambodian Living Arts. Abandoned by his father after his birth, he is now alone after his mother disappeared, unable to reimburse a loan. To continue to pay for the rent and his school fees, every evening he offers to weigh passersby on an old weighing machine for a few coins. During the Khmer Rouge regime, almost 90% of the Cambodian artists were massacred. Many ancient art forms are threatened to sink into oblivion today. Fortunately, a small community of people nowadays endeavours to rediscover these arts.



Genres: Documentary

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Country:   Cambodia
Language:  Khmer, French
Release Date:  1 October 2010

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Production Companies:  CFC Film Lab

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Runtime:  0 h 18 min
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