Dogora

A scene from Dogora

This coming Saturday at Meta House (7pm) on Street 264 in Phnom Penh, the exquisite film Dogora will get another showing. They played it a few weeks ago and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I enjoyed it immensely. It's classed as a street level documentary without voice-over or plot, just the sights, sounds and daily routines of the Cambodian people, accompanied by a classical orchestral music track by Etienne Perruchon. French director Patrice Leconte filmed it in 2004 and its an eighty-minute film well worth watching in my opinion. Link: Dogora
The postman yesterday delivered a review copy of Milton Osborne's brand new book, Phnom Penh: A Cultural and Literary History, which I will read and review soon. I attended the book launch at ACE on Friday when the author read from the only copy of his book in the city, as a shipment of the books destined for Monument Books had been held up on the dock in Sihanoukville. They are due to arrive at Monument's Norodom Boulevard shop tomorrow. As a book freak, I'm looking forward to reading his take on the various books that have mentioned the capital over the years.