「流放」是一種離棄，然而流放者，卻能在極度痛苦中找尋自我，找回曾經遺失的言語、遺失的畫面與回憶，對未來的夢想和期許‧‧‧‧‧‧。柬埔寨導演潘禮德 2016 年的作品，處理個人於赤柬時期恐怖統治下的生命經驗。劇場式的裝置與表演交織赤柬時期的政治宣傳片段，以抽象的影像敘事進行歷史記憶的回顧，並對「革命」提出質疑。本片反映當時柬埔寨共產黨如何藉由集權統治逐漸壯大，將人民轉變為毫無自由意志的機器，以達成波布當時的偉大宏遠——回到「元年」（Year Zero），重新開始。「流放」如詩，如歌，簡白如童話故事，將今日與昨日逝去的聲音、噪音及記憶，融合成為「人的處境」所發出的吶喊，永遠警惕著人們。

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In this 2016 essay film, Rithy Panh reflects on his childhood in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s. The following description is provided courtesy of the distributor.

Exile is an abandonment, a terrifying solitude. In exile, one's self is lost, one suffers, one fades away. But it is also possible to find one's own, in the land of words, of images, in reverie that is more than childish. It all starts with exile, and nothing is anything without it. “Exile” is a meditation on absence; on inner solitude, geography, politics. “Exile” is also an attempt at elucidation on the part of a boy who lived in Democratic Kampuchea and the man he becomes who cannot accept injustice: What kind of revolution might we wish for? A revolution for and with humanity? A revolution that lives up to humanity, with respect and understanding? Or an attempt at destruction, the false purity of which has seen so many disciples, be it in Asia or the West?