THE ADVENTURE OF BAPUON

Secrets of the Temple-Mountain

  • Direction

    Didier Fassio

  • Author

    Didier Fassio

  • Coproduction

    with the support of
    LA PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs
    L’ANGOA

    with the participation of
    Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée
    of
    Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
    du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
    of
    Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche
    of
    Planète
    and of
    France Télévisions

  • Broadcaster

    France 5

Synopsis

Here are the monuments of Angkor in the heart if the world’s largest archaeological excavation site: the Bapuon Temple also known as “The golden Mountain”. Rediscovered in 1908 in the Cambodian forest, it rises in the centre of the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire. It took a century of restoration for this monument to regain its splendour, revealing hidden secrets.
The film communicates the willingness that captured the hearts and minds of several generations of researchers whose passion for this exceptional site never failed, sometimes at the risk of their lives.

  • Available versions

    VF

  • Format

    16/9

  • Support location

    Beta Num, HDcam

  • Distributor

    FTD

  • Technical team

    Camera : Philippe Clatot
    Sound : Mathieu Pomès
    Editing : Litsa Fassio

  • Cast

    Commentary : Emmanuel Blanchard, Marie-Christine Letort