BREAK IN
Director & Producer: Mikel Aristregi & José Bautista
2015 | 25 min | Cambodia
Languages: Khmer
Subtitles: English
In 2004 the photographer Mikel Aristregi traveled to Cambodia to document the daily lives of the street children of Phnom Penh. There he meets Pich, an 11 year old boy addicted to glue and meth who ends up entering a rehabilitation center. In 2013 Aristregi goes back to Phnom Penh with the intention of looking for Pich and finding out what has become of him. His search through relatives’ and friends’ testimonies becomes the heartbreaking story of a lost generation consumed by drugs.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Best Cinematography: Doc Short, SIMA Awards 2016