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During one year, from June 1992 to June 1993,
the United Nations led in Cambodia its largest and most costly mission.
The purpose: to establish the first democratic elections in a country
whose history has been marked by the ravages of the wars.
For a full year, from the arrival of the first
UN contingent until the June 1993 election, a writer-director filmed
educational programs to persuade the Cambodians of the mission's
soundness and introduce them to democracy. Ten years after, nothing
seems to have changed in Cambodia and the UN has given up all hope
of bringing together an International court to have the Khmers Rouge
judged. And What if we had it to do all over again?
So he takes his tapes and decides to seek out
those who were there with him. His goal: to try to understand what
went wrong and find out if their idea of democracy really can serve
as the foundation for sustainable development.
In the Meanders of the Mekong : An intriguing
52-minute documentary film!
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