Actor-filmmaker Angelina Jolie hopes that her new film, First They Killed My Father, will encourage people to go to Cambodia.
The 42-year-old has directed the film based on author Lung Ung’s account of the Khmer Rouge 1975-79 regime in Cambodia. It depicts a difficult period in history, but she wants viewers to see past that and embrace the “beautiful” land and its people.
“I love the country so much and I hope that when people see the film, they don’t just see the war and the suffering, but get to know this Cambodian family,” Jolie says.
