| Uniform Title |
Buoyancy (Motion picture : 2019) |
| Title |
Buoyancy. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2020. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (92 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4101. |
| Originally produced in Australia and released as a motion picture in 2019. |
| Inspired by actual events. |
| "Every day, about 60 boys and men leave Cambodia for Thailand, sold on the promise of a job, a future and money for their families. Less than five of them will return alive." --Container. |
| WARNING: Film depicts events which some viewers may find emotionally triggering, including graphic violence and child abuse. Viewer discretion is advised. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Rodd Rathjen. |
| Performers |
Sarm Heng, Thanawut Kasro, Mony Ros, Saichia Wongwirot. |
| Summary |
A 14-year-old Cambodian boy becomes a victim of human trafficking when he is enslaved on a Thai fishing trawler. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Aspect ratio 2.35:1, widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
Khmer, Thai. Subtitles in English. |
| Awards note |
Winner, Ecumenical Jury Prize Panorama, 2019 Berlin International Film Festival ; Winner, Silver Gateway Award, 2019 Mumbai Film Festival ; Winner, Grand Jury Prize, 2019 Porto-Vecchio Festival du Film Politique ; Winner, New Voices Award, 2019 Films from the South Festival ; Winner, Best Youth Feature Film, 2019 Asia Pacific Screen Awards ; Winner, Best Indie Film, 2019 AACTA Awards. |
| Subjects |
Human trafficking -- Southeast Asia -- Drama |
| Human trafficking victims -- Southeast Asia -- Drama |
| Slavery -- Southeast Asia -- Drama |
| Children -- Crimes against -- Drama |
| Torture victims -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Foreign language films |
| Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- Drama |
| Genre |
Social problem films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Rathjen, Rodd director, screenwriter. |
| Heng, Sarm actor. |
| Kasro, Thanawut actor. |
| Ros, Mony actor. |
| Wongwirot, Saichia actor. |
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