''The Gate'' (french: Le Temps des aveux) is a 2014 French-Belgian-Cambodian drama film directed by

Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film ''Indochine (film), Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. ...

, based on the books by

François Bizot François Bizot (born 8 February 1940) is a French anthropologist, the only Westerner to have survived imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge. Arrival in Cambodia Bizot arrived in Cambodia in 1965 to study Buddhism practised in the countryside. He t ...

. The film debuted at the

Telluride Film Festival The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado during Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 49th edition took place on September 2 -6, 2022. History First held on 30 August 1974, t ...

on 29 August 2014. It was also screened in the Special Presentations section of the

2014 Toronto International Film Festival The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film '' The Judge'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert D ...

in September 2014.

Cast

* Raphaël Personnaz as

Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor. Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse ...

as Marsac * Phoeung Kompheak as Douch * Thorn Thanet as Néang * Boren Chhith as Lay * Rathana Soth as Phuong * Steve Driesen as Father Vernet

References

External links

* 2014 films Cambodian multilingual films 2010s French-language films French drama films 2014 drama films Films set in Cambodia Films directed by Régis Wargnier Drama films based on actual events French multilingual films Gaumont Film Company films 2014 multilingual films Belgian drama films Belgian multilingual films 2010s French films {{2010s-France-film-stub