一见先生

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.

　　

　　西暦1988年。人類は謎のUFO群の襲来により危機に瀕していた。人類の存亡をかけ、南海の秘密基地で建造されていた国連宇宙防衛艦・轟天は発進する。侵略者の正体は、太陽系から2万2千光年離れたメシエ13と呼ばれる球状星団・恒星ヨミの第三惑星人だった。彼らは年老いた母星そっくりの地球を征服すべく、指揮官ヘルのもとに金星に侵略の前線基地を築いていた。敵ヘルファイターとの激しい戦闘をくり返し、金星に向かう轟天。しかし、その前に敵の超努級戦艦・大魔艦が立ちふさがる……。