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Clay Quote by Rithy Panh

“With 'The Missing Picture,' we'd shot for a year and…” quote by Rithy Panh — Download Open image

“With 'The Missing Picture,' we'd shot for a year and a half already when this idea of the clay figurine, the life that comes from the earth, came to me, and I changed everything.”

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