# La Déchirure (1984)

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**Original title**: *The Killing Fields*
**Runtime**: 142 min
**Genres**: Drama, History, War
**Directed by**: Roland Joffé
**Written by**: Bruce Robinson
**Starring**: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray

> *Here, only the silent survive.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You cover war from the streets of Cambodia until your evacuation order arrives. Then your fixer refuses to leave with you and the rebels roll into Phnom Penh. A seasoned observer notes how the camera lingers on a man who stays behind.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch, raw

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