Followinghermother’sdeath,mangaartistSoriyatravelstoherancestralhomeinPhnomPenh,withhopesofreconnectingwithherdistantfamilyandusingthevisitasinspirationforherwork.Allgoeswellinitially.RentinganapartmentinMetta,arundownKhmerRouge-erahousingcomplex,hervisittohermaternalrelativesfindsherwelcomedwithopenarms.ButSoriya’swakinghoursintheapartmentanditssurroundingsarepunctuatedbyterrifying,bloodyvisions,almostasthoughshewereaconduitforhorrorsofthepastwantingtoseepintothepresentaaa InrasothythepNethandSokyouChea’sblood-chillingpsychologicalhorrorexploresapersonalandpoliticalpastthroughthepresent,transformingacharacterfulspaceintoaninsidiousenvironment.Surroundedbymodernhigh-rises,thisdecrepitstructure,withitsbrutalistarchitectureandpeelingsurfaces,isarelicfromadarkperiodinhistorywhosepainfulmemoriesithasabsorbed.IntracingSoriya’sominousjourneybacktoherroots,TenementhintsatanecessaryreckoningwithCambodia’spoliticalpastwithoutoverplayingitshistoricaldimension.It’sanimpressiveworkfromawoefullyunderrepresentednationalcinema.
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