Devet kruhu pekla (Nine circles of hell)

The road to heli is often paved by the best of intentions. The Khmers may have had such intentions too, but the enforcements of their ideals destroyed the economy, culture, education system and caused the death of millions of innocent people. The exotic land and its people bore all the stigmas of a violent fate. The relationship between Tomas and Khema is doomed, not only because her brother has joined the Khmer Rouge, but because history comes between them. He has to leave the country only to return after the fall of the Khmer; his wife has disappeared but his daughter has survived... (pressbook)