Aki Ra's Boys

Boreak was six when he lost his right arm in a landmine accident. Family members rushed the young Cambodian to a nearby hospital where so-called “doctors” performed a crude amputation.

Burdened with eight other children to feed and unable to cope with the stress of handling a crippled son, his parents decided to send him to a home in Siem Reap for young landmine victims run by Aki Ra, a former child soldier, trained by the Khmer Rouge army to
lay landmines.

Now in his 30s, Aki Ra is haunted by his violent past and hopes to make amends by giving children like Boreak a home, and by helping remove the millions of landmines still buried in his country.

Despite his tragedy, Boreak is ever optimistic and refreshingly lacking in self-pity. Like most children, he is mischievous and inquisitive and wants to be a wrestler, a rap artist, a football player. And he rarely acts as if his disability is a hindrance.

Aki Ra’s Boys looks at the world through the eyes of Boreak and his good friend, Vannak and offers a unique insight into the effect that the landmine has on its victims and survivors, both during battle and in the long years that follow — a world at once bleak and brimming with possibilities

　吴哥窟遗迹所在的暹粒市，有一家阿基拉地雷博物馆。阿基拉幼年时，父母被波尔布特派武装势力-红色高棉杀害，他此后成为红色高棉的一员，埋设了无数的地雷。如今，他运营着地雷博物馆，并收养了许多因触雷而残疾的儿童。
　　在这些孩子中，波雷亚和旺拿都是十二岁，都在六七岁时触雷遇害，失去了右腕。他们和其他孩子一样，别离家人，在地雷博物馆做助手，一边上学。旺拿读书很用功，而波雷亚生性调皮贪玩。本片在记录阿基拉怀着内心创伤，坚持排雷活动情形的同时，也生动捕捉了柬埔寨儿童的表情。

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