Followinghermother’sdeath，mangaartistSoriyatravelstoherancestralhomeinPhnomPenh，withhopesofreconnectingwithherdistantfamilyandusingthevisitasinspirationforherwork.Allgoeswellinitially.RentinganapartmentinMetta，arundownKhmerRouge-erahousingcomplex，hervisittohermaternalrelativesfindsherwelcomedwithopenarms.ButSoriya’swakinghoursintheapartmentanditssurroundingsarepunctuatedbyterrifying，bloodyvisions，almostasthoughshewereaconduitforhorrorsofthepastwantingtoseepintothepresent. InrasothythepNethandSokyouChea’sblood-chillingpsychologicalhorrorexploresapersonalandpoliticalpastthroughthepresent，transformingacharacterfulspaceintoaninsidiousenvironment.Surroundedbymodernhigh-rises，thisdecrepitstructure，withitsbrutalistarchitectureandpeelingsurfaces，isarelicfromadarkperiodinhistorywhosepainfulmemoriesithasabsorbed.IntracingSoriya’sominousjourneybacktoherroots，TenementhintsatanecessaryreckoningwithCambodia’spoliticalpastwithoutoverplayingitshistoricaldimension.It’sanimpressiveworkfromawoefullyunderrepresentednationalcinema.