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The Forest (2005 Film)
''The Forest'' ( km, ព្រៃអាគម, Prey Akôm) is a 2005 Cambodian monster thriller film directed by Heng Tola, the director of Khmer Blockbuster films, such as '' Gratefulness'' and ''Neang Neath''. It was nominated for many awards in The Khmer national film festival but won for best special effects. Plot A group of young archaeologists go into the deep forest in Ratanakiri province to search for the old temple that was abandoned many years ago. As they go through the forest, at first they arrive at a local village but when one female Archeologist has a vision that the group of archeologist are involved in the ambush she warns the others of her vision, but they fail to listen. Later they are given a tour guide to help them find their way through the forest, but guide dies of a mysterious snake bite. The archeologists get lost and one archeologist (Asay) dies when he goes to urinate and falls into a pit of scorpions. After the group built a grave for him later, they m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heng Tola
Heng Tola is a Cambodian film director and producer. Some of the films he has worked on include ''Villa Horror'', ''Ghost Banana Tree'', ''The Haunted House (2005 film), Pteah khmaoch tinh'', and ''Gratefulness''. Background Tola founded the film production company Campro Production with some of his friends in 2003. He was also the managing director of Kirirom Cinema which was located on Sihanouk Boulevard. He is the president of Ek Phnom Cinema which is located at Borey Raksmey, Battambang Province. Career His film ''Gratefulness'' which starred Ly Chan Siha was an award winning film. His film ''Ghost Banana Tree'', released in 2004 was the fourth Campro production film. The 2005 horror film, ''The Forest (2005 film), The Forest'' received several award nominations at the Khmer National Film Festival. It managed to pick up the Best Special Effects award. Also that year, ''The Haunted House (2005 film), Pteah khmaoch tinh aka The Haunted House'' was released, starring Chan Nary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |