‘Cambodian Beer Dreams,’ Debuting at CPH:DOX, Explores the Parties, the Hangovers, and the So(m)ber Truths
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Laurits Nansen talks "beer girls," the "wild" cocktail of alcohol and capitalism, how beer ads trump street signs in Phnom Penh, and how his doc, debuting at Copenhagen, gets inside the heads of alcoholics.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Alcohol consumption in Cambodia has increased fivefold over the past two decades, and beer has been the big driver. The country in Southeast Asia has no legal drinking age and few, rarely enforced, directives on alcohol, making it the Wild East for local and global brewers. Cambodian Beer Dreams , the new documentary from Laurits Nansen ( Welcome to the Frontline , Emilie Meng – An Investigation Gone Wrong , The Town Where Children Disappear ), now explores the cocktail of factors at play far away from much of the world’s eyes and raises all sorts of ethical questions. “Through aggressive marketing, young ‘beer girls’ and promises of cash prizes, the poor population is encouraged to drink more and more alcohol – sometimes to the point of death,” the press notes for the film highlight, for example. Related Stories Movies 'Tirrenica' Shows Us Southern Italy "Beyond Cultural Clichés" (Exclusive Thessaloniki Trailer) Movies "We Just Film Between the Sirens": Middle East Production Hubs Play Down Disruption as Iran War Continues In Cambodian Beer Dreams , world premiering at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX on Thursday, March 12, Nansen follows Kim Eng, a lone activist who stands up to the beer industry and “neo-colonial alcohol capitalism” in his fight for a national alcohol law. Audiences can find out what the filmmaker sees and hears on this journey in the F:act Award section of the Danish festival, whose 23rd edition runs March 11-22. But you can expect Cambodian Beer Girls , produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen of Hansen & Pedersen and Signe Skov Thomsen, to go into the dreams, such as promises of money, success and life as a party, and the nightmares, including phone threats and wandering hands. Nansen talked to...
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