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Until the Orchid Blooms. Polen Ly. Cambodja, Frankrijk. 2024. 103 min. Wereldpremière. Luminous.
Met de bouw van een stuwdam in de Se San-rivier in Cambodja kwam het dorp Kbal Romeas onder water te staan. Veel dorpelingen, behorend tot de Bunong-minderheid, accepteerden een vergoeding van de overheid en kregen vervangende woonruimte elders. Ongeveer vijftig families bleven achter in het nabijgelegen bos om hun traditionele manier van leven te kunnen voortzetten. Ze bouwden nieuwe hutten, maar de levensomstandigheden, zonder de meest basale voorzieningen, zijn zwaar. Steun vanuit de overheid is er niet; kracht putten de bewoners uit onderlinge solidariteit.Alleenstaande moeder Neang houdt de moed erin. Ze vist, bewerkt het land en haalt haar jongste zoon terug uit de stad. Maar met alleen een lagere school is er in Kbal Romeas voor de kinderen geen toekomst. Illegale houtkap heeft het bos uitgedund en veel dieren zijn verdwenen. Buiten het dorp rukt de bananenplantage op.In het kalme tempo van de bosbewoners filmt regisseur Polen Ly de langzame aftakeling. De Bunong leven in een steeds apocalyptischer landschap van oprukkend water, dode bomen en kale vlakten. Ly’s debuutfilm is het verslag van een ontvolking in slow motion.

The construction of a dam in the Sesan River in Cambodia flooded the village of Kbal Romeas. Many villagers belonging to the Bunong indigenous minority ...
The construction of a dam in the Sesan River in Cambodia flooded the village of Kbal Romeas. Many villagers belonging to the Bunong indigenous minority accepted compensation from the government and were given alternative housing elsewhere. Around 50 families remained in the nearby forest to continue their traditional way of life. They built new huts, but their living conditions are hard, as they lack even the most basic facilities. They receive no support from the government; the inhabitants draw strength from their mutual solidarity.Single mother Neang keeps her spirits up, as she fishes, works the land and brings her youngest son back from the city. But with only a primary school, there is no future for the children in Kbal Romeas. Illegal logging has thinned the forest and much wildlife has disappeared. Outside the village, the banana plantation is drawing closer.Director Polen Ly documents the steady decline at the calm pace of the forest dwellers. The Bunong live in an increasingly apocalyptic landscape of advancing water, dead trees and barren plains. Ly’s debut film is an account of depopulation in slow motion.

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