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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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How to Be a Monk in Cambodia

As a young child, the prince goes to school in Saigon over in Vietnam and then he goes to France. He develops a love for the arts and for French cooking. His mother nicknames him Tool or Tubby. The training for non king monks was brutal. If you didn't walk correctly, you were beaten. You had to walk quietly and slowly without making any sound with your feet. It's like getting an honorary degree from like the worst university.

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