Cambodia Synopsis
“The day you lose hope, is the day you will die.”
An innocent Cambodian boy is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he starts to wonder if his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.
The 2010s Cambodia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Buoyancy premiered. 12 total titles in this decade from Cambodia.
Reception Benchmarks
7.3
TMDB Rating
28
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier
Ranked #4 of 19 Cambodia films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Cambodia average of 6.6/10.
Among Cambodia Drama productions specifically: #3 of 12 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Cambodia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Australia, Cambodia, Thailand |
| Original Language | Thai |
| Spoken Languages | Khmer, Thai |
| Production Companies | Causeway Films, Feracious Entertainment, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Definition Films |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | February 8, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt5045746 |
| Official Site | buoyancyfilm.org |