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Part One: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot

Behind the Bastards

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You Can't Take the Fat Kid Out of the Fat Kid

Notre Dame's grandfather was famous for having a gigantic harem made up of beautiful local ladies. In the late thirties, he was too old and sickly to make use of them. So these ladies weren't allowed to go out and live their own lives. They got frustrated and things got weird. One of the ladies courted by the old king was a girl named Riong. She was the older sister to Saloth Sar, the guy who became Pol Pot. He was about 15 at this point in time and his sister's position meant he got to spend some time hanging around the royal palace. Since he was just 15, he was even allowed to hang out with

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