12 SISTERS (PUTHISEN NEANG KONGREY) RE-MASTERED HD

Synopsis: 12 SISTERS (Puthisen Neang Kong Rey) is a film based on an ancient Khmer myth: A king marries twelve orphaned sisters, but his thirteenth wife (who is really a giant witch who has turned herself into a beautiful princess) fools him into believing her that his other wives are witches. The misled king has the twelve sisters blinded and throws them into a cave.

PUTHISEN NEANG KONGREY (international title: TWELVE SISTERS) was theatrically released in 1968 in Cambodia. It was a major success of Cambodian cinema, mesmerizing the audience with unique techniques Ly Bun Yim made his great reputation of: enucleation, skull spirit getting out of the cave, flying horse and pig, and spectacular earthquake. The film starred the same glamorous couple of all Ly Bun Yim’s greatest successes: Kong Sam Oeun and Virak Dara, along with other movie stars of the time, such as Nop Nem, Saksi Sbong or Kim Nova. Interestingly, the film was one of the very few of that time shot in 35mm and not in 16mm.