​         Director's Statement

Being from a war-torn country and dealing with post-war themes has
been a great challenge for me. I visited Cambodia in 2011, as part of
Nowhere to Hide, a film I was making at the time. The visit opened my
eyes, but it also devastated me. On that visit I had met our protagonist
Heng and his family. The images of the young injured boy stayed with
me, an illustration of what it’s like living the consequences of a war that
ended decades ago.

What I found out about Heng exceeded all my expectations for amputees
in the developing world. Heng had escaped an almost predestined
fate. How was this possible? In 2017, after spending a year of
research and gaining trust within the community, I spent 3-4 years filming
with unique access to Heng, his older brother Chana, their parents,
and friends. What I uncovered was a fantastic insight into a postwar era
through this family’s story, where war is still present despite many years
of peace; a family drawn between the old and new Cambodia.