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Apsara (film)
''Apsara'' (, ) is a 1966 Cambodian romantic drama film edited, written, and directed by Norodom Sihanouk, who was Cambodia's Chief of State and former King. It stars Nhiek Tioulong, Saksi Sbong, Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, and Prince Sisowath Chivan Monirak. ''Apsara'' was Sihanouk's first feature-length film, as well as his first film in colour. He made the film in part to counter the negative portrayal of Cambodia he saw in the 1965 British-American film ''Lord Jim''. The film premiered at the LUX Theater in Phnom Penh on 20 August 1966. Cast *Nhiek Tioulong as General Rithi * Saksi Sbong as Rattana * Norodom Buppha Devi as Kantha, a dancer *Sisowath Chivan Monirak as Lieutenant Phaly, a pilot *Norodom Narindrapong as Narin, brother of Phaly * Norodom Phurissara *Sinn Sisamouth Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a member of the House of Norodom, Cambodian royal house who led the country as Monarchy of Cambodia, King, List of heads of state of Cambodia, Chief of State and Prime Minister of Cambodia, Prime Minister. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv (meaning "King Father"). During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French protectorate of Cambodia, French colonial rule (until 1953), a Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945), Japanese puppet state (1945), an Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970), independent kingdom (1953–1970), a Khmer Republic, military republic (1970–1975), the Democratic Kampuchea, Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), a People's Republic of Kampuchea, Vietnamese-backed communist regime (1979–1989), a People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition_and_State_of_Cambodia_(1989–1993), transitional communist regime (1989–1993) to eventually Modern Cambodia, another kingdom (since 1993). Sihanouk was the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MUBI
Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; the Auteurs before 2010) is a global streaming platform, production company and film distributor. MUBI produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform. The catalogue consists of world cinema films, such as Art film, arthouse, documentary film, documentary and independent films. Additionally, it publishes ''Notebook'', a film criticism and news publication, and provides weekly cinema tickets to selected new-release films through MUBI GO. MUBI's streaming platform is available in over 190 countries on the web, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, Apple Vision Pro, PlayStation, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and LG Electronics, LG and Samsung Electronics, Samsung Smart TVs, as well as on mobile devices including iPhone, iPad and Android (operating system), Android. History The Auteurs was founded in 2007 by Turkish nationality law, Turkish entrepreneur Efe Cakarel, Efe Çakar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodian Drama Films
Cambodian usually refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Cambodia ** Cambodian people (or Khmer people) ** Cambodian language (or Khmer language) ** For citizens and nationals of Cambodia, see Demographics of Cambodia ** For languages spoken in Cambodia, see Languages of Cambodia Cambodian may also refer to: Other * Cambodian architecture * Cambodian cinema * Cambodian culture * Cambodian cuisine * Cambodian French * Cambodian literature * Cambodian music * Cambodian name * Cambodian nationalism * Cambodian descendants worldwide: ** Cambodian Americans ** Cambodian Australians ** Cambodian Canadians ** Cambodians in France See also * *List of Cambodians {{Short description, none This is a list of notable Cambodian people, persons from Cambodia or of Khmer descent. * Aki Ra * Am Rong * Ampor Tevi * Arn Chorn-Pond * Beat Richner * Bérénice Marlohe * Bour Kry * Chan Nak * Chan Sy * Chanth ... * Kampuchea (other) {{disambig Language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Romantic Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Films
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. '' A Man for All Seasons'' won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films North America The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America. Events * October 19 – Gulf and Western Industries acquire Paramount Pictures. * November – Seven Arts Productions reach agreement to acquire Warner Bros. for $32 million, later forming a new company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * December 15 – Entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, best known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, breakthroughs in the field of animation, filmmaking, theme park design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing ''The Jungle Book'', ''The Happiest Millionaire'', and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''; the last three films under his personal supervision. Awards Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinn Sisamouth
Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and roll to develop a Cambodian rock sound. Sisamouth died during the Khmer Rouge regime under circumstances that are unclear. Biography Early life Sinn Sisamouth was born in Kampong Thom Province, the son of Sinn Leang and mother Seb Bunlei. One or both of Sisamouth's parents were partially Lao.John Pirozzi and LinDa Saphan, liner notes, ''Don't Think I've Forgotten'', soundtrack, 2015.Jeff Cole, liner notes, ''Cambodia Rock Spectacular!'', 2011. Most sources list his year of birth as 1935, though some list 1932 or 1933. 23 August 1933 is generally accepted as his date of birth. Some peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norodom Phurissara
Prince Norodom Phurissara (, October 13, 1919 – April 1976) was a prominent leftist Cambodian politician of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, who held a number of ministerial posts. A member of the Cambodian royal family, he disappeared during the political purges carried out by the Communist Party of Cambodia (the Khmer Rouge) after it came to power. Education and early political career Phurissara was a descendant of Norodom of Cambodia, and a cousin of King Norodom Sihanouk. He studied law at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. In 1954, he became Secretary-General of the Democratic Party, which until that point had been the dominant force in Cambodian internal politics. Phurissara and a group of Paris-educated radicals steered the party increasingly to the left. The American embassy reported that he considered American military assistance to the fledgling Cambodia state as "unnatural" and was increasingly accepting "basic pro-Communist ideas".Clymer, K. J. ''The United States and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norodom Narindrapong
Norodom Narindrapong ( ; 18 September 1954 – 7 October 2003) was a Prince of Cambodia. He was born in Phnom Penh to Norodom Sihanouk, King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Biography The prince studied philosophy, criminology, and law at the Moscow State University, and spoke fluent French language, French and Russian language, Russian. Prince Narindrapong died in his Paris apartment from a Myocardial infarction, heart attack on 7 October 2003 at the age of 49. He was married and had two daughters: *Princess Norodom Simonarine (born 23 September 1983). *Princess Norodom Moninouk (born 18 March 1987). He was the younger full brother of King Norodom Sihamoni and half-brother to 12 other siblings. References 1954 births 2003 deaths Cambodian princes Cambodian expatriates in France Moscow State University alumni People from Phnom Penh House of Norodom Cambodian people of Corsican descent Cambodian people o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cambodia Daily
''The Cambodia Daily'' is a US-based English and Khmer language news site that evolved from a newspaper of the same name that stopped publishing in Cambodia in 2017 due to a tax dispute with the government then led by Hun Sen. ''The Cambodia Daily'' started as an English language, English-language daily newspaper that operated out of Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 1993 to 2017, and was considered a newspaper of record for Cambodia. The 2017 closure was the result of a dispute with the Cambodian government over a US$6.3 million tax bill, which the newspaper disputed as politically motivated. The newspaper ceased its daily print newspaper, but still maintains an online presence. In 2017, the Cambodian government ordered ISP's to block ''The Cambodia Daily'''s website from within Cambodia. History ''The Cambodia Daily'' was started in 1993 by Bernard Krisher, an United States, American journalist and philanthropist. Krisher's aim for the paper, as outlined in an article in its first iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Hawaii Press
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhiek Tioulong
Nhiek Tioulong (, Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: , Romanization of Khmer#ALA-LC Romanization Tables, ALA-LC: ; 23 August 1908 – 9 June 1996) was a Cambodian army officer, politician, and actor who served as Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia from 13 February 1962 to 6 August 1962. He was a prominent politician during the tenure of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the 1960s and repeatedly as governor of provinces in Cambodia. In 1969 he received the honorary title ''Samdech Chakrey Konhchara Thipadei'' () by Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Tioulong fathered seven daughters, one of whom was future lawmaker Tioulong Saumura, who would go on to marry prominent opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Early life Early Nhiek Tioulong was born in 1908 in Phnom Penh, in a family of mandarins with Chinese ancestry near the palace. After primary education in Lycee Sisowath in Phnom Penh, he attended, and graduated from, the prestigious high school Chassel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Jim (1965 Film)
''Lord Jim'' is a 1965 British adventure film made for Columbia Pictures in Super Panavision. The picture was produced, written and directed by Richard Brooks, with Jules Buck and Peter O'Toole as associate producers. The film stars O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jürgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Paul Lukas, and Daliah Lavi. It is the second film adaptation of the 1900 Lord Jim, novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad, the first being a Lord Jim (1925 film), silent film released in 1925 and directed by Victor Fleming. The film received two British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA nominations, for best British art direction and best British cinematography. The film had its world premiere on 15 February 1965 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the West End of London as the Royal Film Performance in the presence of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; and the Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Earl of Snowdon. Plot The story begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
