BGNVEL (TURN)
Bngvel is the real-life story of Phally, a Cambodian man struggling against the odds to be a good husband and father.  Never being able to provide enough for his card-playing wife, he heads to the big city in search of better employment opportunities, only to find the more he earns, the more he spends.  Numbing out with beer and girls, he comes to a point of crisis that shakes him up, and he becomes determined to make amends.



AUDIENCE RESPONSES

"You made a film about my life"

"This is the story of 80% of the people who live in the village"

"I wish my wife was here" - during a screening

"I want all the Khmer mothers and fathers to watch this film"

"Eveybody should watch it... it's so Khmer"

"All the people in this building need to watch [Bngvel]" - screening in a Phnom Penh slum community.

"I definitely believe that this flick has to be seen by as many locals as possible" - Long-term Cambodian resident.