Peng Phan Explained

Peng Phan is a Cambodian film actress. She has been featured in three films by Rithy Panh: Rice People, One Evening After the War and The Burnt Theatre.

In her feature film debut, Rice People, Phan portrayed Om, the mentally unstable wife of a farmer and the mother of seven daughters, all struggling during a single rice-planting season.

In 2005's The Burnt Theatre, she portrayed herself, or a character who was an actress named Peng Phan who suffered survivor guilt and psychosomatic illness.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Rice People Yim Om, mother
1995Femme de passions TV movie
1998One Evening After the War Srey Poeuv's Mother
1999One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
2002Newsman Vannah TV movie
2005The Burnt Theatre Herself Documentary
2012Still I Strive Herself Documentary[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Still I Strive (2012) - IMDb.