Ghost Mountain
Films by Titles - A - K
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40m
Family tried to flee, but ended up in an even more life-threatening situation. Without the tireless efforts of Non-Governmental Organisations and Government officials,who saved them in dramatic conditions, they would have been forgotten, like the millions of Cambodians who died. Decades later, while working - painting the home of a rescuer - Bunseng discovered the hero he never knew.
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