First They Killed My Father
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Country | Cambodia / United States |
| Director | Angelina Jolie |
| Cast | Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak |
| Genre | Biographical historical drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | First They Killed My Father | – |
| Español | Primero mataron a mi padre | Primero mataron a mi padre |
| Français | D’abord, ils ont tué mon père | D’abord, ils ont tue mon pere |
| Deutsch | Der weite Weg der Hoffnung | Der weite Weg der Hoffnung |
| Português | Primeiro Mataram o Meu Pai | Primeiro Mataram o Meu Pai |
| Italiano | Per primo hanno ucciso mio padre | Per primo hanno ucciso mio padre |
| Русский | Сначала они убили моего отца | Snachala oni ubili moyego ottsa |
| 中文（简体） | 他们先杀了我父亲 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 他們先殺了我父親 | – |
| 한국어 | 그들이 아버지를 죽였다 | Geudeuri abeojireul jugyeotda |
| ไทย | First They Killed My Father | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Trước tiên họ giết cha tôi | Truoc tien ho giet cha toi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | First They Killed My Father | – |
| 日本語 | 最初に父が殺された | Saisho ni Chichi ga Korosareta |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which childhood perception and ideological mass violence collide within the collapse of family and nation
■ Synopsis
A young girl survives the Khmer Rouge regime as her family, identity, and childhood are dismantled by political violence.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ChildhoodUnderViolence #IdeologicalTerror #FamilyDismantling #SurvivalMemory
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Childhood forced to witness historical collapse
Reason: The child’s perspective records political violence before it can be fully interpreted
Related Film: The Killing Fields - Middle: Ideology destroying family identity
Reason: The regime breaks kinship, language, class, and personal memory into instruments of control
Related Film: The Year Zero - Core: Survival as memory after systematic erasure
Reason: The central movement preserves a life and testimony against a system built to erase persons and histories
Related Film: The Pianist
■ Secondary Axes
- Family separation under state violence: Political power converts ordinary family bonds into targets of suspicion and destruction
Related Film: Empire of the Sun - Child survival inside atrocity: A child’s body and perception become the last vessel of historical truth
Related Film: Come and See
■ Person
- Director: Angelina Jolie
- Cast: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak
■ Structural Tags
#ChildWitness #IdentityErasure #SurvivalTestimony
■ Attribute Tags
#Cambodia #UnitedStates #2017Film
