年轻性感的妈妈

　　A coming-of-age story of a girl who experience life through misadventures & dating apps.

　　自从父亲死后，薇若妮卡就一直姊代母职照顾弟弟。思念父亲的她，和两个朋友在日全蚀那天，做了碟仙板以召唤她父亲的灵体。不料就在日光完全遭到遮蔽同时，玻璃破碎，薇若妮卡陷入恍惚状态然后昏迷，朋友们也吓得惊慌失措。薇若妮卡清醒后回家，却开始发现一些异象：东西自己会移动、看不见的地方传来正体不明的呼吸声……她觉得是她把父亲带回了生者的世界，可是这些异象却越发不怀好意，让她备感威胁。在弟弟的帮助下，薇若妮卡展开一项仪式要脱离灵体纠缠，却召唤出始料未及的恐怖幻影，虽然薇若妮卡勇敢地抵抗，但她却浑然不知可怕的后果正等着她……

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.