Social inequality is a theme that people around the world are familiar with. Ivan Marković (From Tomorrow on, I Will), a director and cinematographer born in Belgrade, Serbia, who lives in Berlin, now takes us into the world of luxury homes and inequality in Cambodia in Promised Spaces (Obećani prostori).
The film, Marković’s fiction feature directorial debut, world premieres in ACID, the Cannes Film Festival sidebar run by France’s association of film directors whose goal is promoting the theatrical distribution of independent films, on Saturday, May 16, followed by an “official screening” on Monday, May 18.
Promised Spaces is a contemplative hybrid documentary-fiction film that is a France-Germany-Serbia-Cambodia co-production, which explores urban speculation and the construction of luxury homes in Cambodia, as well as the meaning of home.
Vollak Kong, Chea Loch, Vita Vong, Lyer Von, Theara Or and Kanitha Tith feature in the cast. Written, directed, and edited by Ivan Marković and featuring sound design by Luka Barajević, the film was produced by Bocalupo Films, in co-production with Fiskultura Films, Big Time Production and Anti-Archive. Luminalia is handling international sales.“Sleepless from the heat, Sokun leaves his crowded construction dormitory and joins a community of fellow workers living in one of many unfinished high-rises,” reads a synopsis. “One such tower offers a long-awaited luxury home for its first tenant, Seda, who soon feels trapped in the vast gated complex.”
