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Asia Cine-Club: Dead to Rights 南京照相馆 - China🗓 Tuesday, May 5 | ⏰ Doors: 6PM | 🎬 Film: 8PM | 📍 TicTic, Phnom Penh
Directed by Shen Ao, Dead to Rights (南京照相馆) is a historical war drama set during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. The film follows a postman, Ah Chang, who infiltrates a Japanese-controlled photo studio by posing as a developer, using the position to secretly shelter Chinese civilians and resistance figures. As the occupation tightens, the studio becomes both a fragile refuge and a site of quiet resistance, with photography used to document atrocities at great personal risk.
Rather than focusing on battlefield spectacle, the film centres on civilian survival and moral decision-making under occupation. Drawing on historical accounts of photographic evidence being smuggled out of Nanjing, it reframes the camera as both witness and weapon. Its commercial success in China and international festival presence underline its impact as both a historical drama and a contemporary cultural work engaging with memory and accountability.
“A powerful reminder of cinema’s ability to bear witness.”
— Asian Film Festival Watch
“A gripping and sobering historical drama.”
— Film Threat
🎟 Free Entry & Popcorn – Arrive early for sofa, bed, or beanbag seating.
📽 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36598036/
📽 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/dead-to-rights-2025/
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TicTic តិចៗ, Langka Lane (Lane behind Patio Hotel), Boeng Keng Kang Ti Muoy, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 120102, Cambodia
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