罗马帝国荒淫史

　　

　　平静的一天，事业小有成就的中年男子杰米（费尔南多·卡约 Fernando Cayo 饰）和妻子玛尔塔（安娜·瓦格纳 Ana Wagener 饰）、女儿伊莎（曼纽拉·维拉斯 Manuela Vellés 饰）搬入了梦寐以求的大房子内。正当一家人争论晚上该不该一起度过时，三个蒙面歹徒闯入房中。为了保护家人的安全，杰米积极配合，抄下了信用卡号码并交出手机，并随同歹徒的首领外出取钱。他时刻寻找机会报警，却不知自己所面对的是根本不会妥协的冷血恶魔。另一方面，不断有访客扣响杰米家的房门，恐慌的玛尔塔母女则想尽一切办法逃脱，似乎又让一切变得更加糟糕。　　似无止境的长夜，愈加黑暗幽冷……

　　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.