公寓2024

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