The Future's Past

A documentary by Susanne Brandstätter

Austria / Luxembourg 2012 / 90 min / colour

Written & directed by Susanne Brandstätter
Camera: Joerg Burger
Sound: Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Atanas Tcholakov
Editor: Sophie Reiter
Production Manager: Alfie Lang-Král
Producers: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck

Production: AMOUR FOU and Minotaurus Film Luxembourg

Production supported by Austrian Film Institute, Film Fund Luxembourg, Vienna Film Fund, and ORF (Film/Television-Agreement)

What happens when three youths are confronted with the painful past, which their parents have been trying to hide? The Khmer Rouge Tribunal, a war crimes tribunal in Cambodia, triggers profound changes in the lives of the film’s main characters. Shot in Paris and Cambodia, the documentary asks questions about good vs. evil, personal responsibility, guilt, the weakness of human nature... and growing up.

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