Private Project

The Clock Spirits Awakening

During the decade 1940s, a song called Gloomy Sunday was known as a suicide song because many suicides were recorded related to this song. Particularly, this song was listened by a French lady after the death of her boyfriend who was a clock engineer at that time. The Gloomy Sunday listening led the French lady to commit suicide as well. Dying this way did not allow the French lady’s soul rest in peace but returned with a desire to harm others.

Cheata, a girl who lived with her father and stepmother after her biological mother, Chenda, left the family. Cheata had mentally and physically suffered from her stepmother. And this suffering made her depressed. Cheata had held her mother's photo and listened to her mother's lullaby every night in order to heal her heartache and depression. Through the terrible time of her depression, Cheata fell under the control of the French lady’s spirit that stayed with the Clock.

  • LYDA LEAK
    Director
    Arb Wearing Helmet I,II
  • MOLIN NUON
    Writer
    Last Tag
  • LYDA LEAK
    Writer
    Arb Wearing Helmet I,II
  • LYNA LEAK
    Producer
    Last Tag
  • SINAN EAR
    Producer
  • PISETH SORN
    Key Cast
    "Vireak"
  • DANA NOV
    Key Cast
    "Chenda"
  • SREYPICH YEM
    Key Cast
    "Monika"
  • SAMANTA KHUL
    Key Cast
    "Cheata"
  • SAHRAH PICH MONIKA BAN
    Key Cast
    "Nana"
  • VITA SEOUN
    Key Cast
    "Noun"
  • PISETH VANDY
    Key Cast
    "Kanal"
  • SOMNEA SOMOL
    Key Cast
    "Lyly"
  • ROTHA KEO
    Key Cast
    "Saynop"
  • SONITA SEM
    Key Cast
    "Roth"
  • OUKSAPHEA NOU
    Key Cast
    "Sai"
  • VAN HOLLEKEBE CHARLOTTE
    Key Cast
    "Julie"
  • BOOMSMA LAR
    Key Cast
    "JEAN BATISE"
  • PISETH VANDY
    Assistant Director
  • PISETH HARRY
    Assistant Director
  • NOUN REY
    Assistant Director
  • VANTHA NY
    Comunity
  • LYDA LEAK
    Screen Play
  • BUNNA HAK
    DIT
  • PEANIT OUK
    Sound
  • BUNHOV LY
    Lighting Technicain
  • BUNTHORN VAN
    Lighting Technicain
  • MAKARA
    Lighting Technicain
  • VANTHA BONG
    Lighting Technicain
  • KUNTHEA THY
    Lighting Technicain
  • NORA SENG
    Lighting Technicain
  • VAN NEAK
    Lighting Technicain
  • PEAROM TOEK
    Lighting Technicain
  • CHATIT OUK
    Decoration
  • SARIK MOM
    Decoration
  • THAVATH VONG
    Decoration
  • SEAB HOUR
    Decoration
  • PENGTHAV POR
    Decoration
  • Predo
    Decoration
  • PHYRAK SCIPIOAFRICANUS KHUN
    Prop Master/art director
  • SOVANTHA LONG
    Production Team
  • VANTHEARA YEM
    Production Team
  • SOMAUL ODES
    Production Team
  • KOLYAN HAN
    Make-Up
  • SOKUNTHEA OUCH
    Make-Up
  • CHANTHU
    Make-Up
  • HAK BUN
    Make-Up
  • PISETH HARRY
    Casting
  • SOVANTHA LONG
    Casting
  • VANTHA NY
    Post-Production
  • SOVANDARA DIEP
    Post-Production
  • DAV
    Virtual Effect
  • JE
    CGI
  • JEAN CHHOR
    DOP
  • LENG SOK
    CAMERA DEPARTEMENT
  • SEIHA SOk
    CAMERA DEPARTEMENT
  • SOEUN SORM
    CAMERA DEPARTEMENT
  • SOKHONG SIPHON
    CAMERA DEPARTEMENT
  • VISAL Be
    CAMERA DEPARTEMENT
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    នាឡិកាដាស់វិញ្ញាណ
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 55 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 21, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    350,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Cambodia
  • Country of Filming:
    Cambodia
  • Language:
    Central Khmer, French
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cambodia National film festival
    Phnom Penh
    Cambodia
    1/ The best film of the year 2019, 2/ The best director of the year 2019, 3/ The best film editor of the year 2019, 4/ The best sound editor of the year 2019, 5/ The best actress and actor of the year 2019
  • Horror Bowl, INDIA

    India
    1/ The best film of the year 2019, 2/ The best director of the year 2019 Mr. Lyda LEAK, 3/ The best actor of the year 2019 Mr. Piseth SORN
Director Biography - LYDA LEAK

Leak Lyda is a Cambodian filmmaker whose passion for storytelling transcends boundaries. With a keen eye for detail and a profound understanding of cinematic language, Leak Lyda has carved a distinguished career marked by innovation, creativity and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Born and raised in Kompongthom province, Cambodia, Lyda discovered a deep-seated love for cinema at a young age. However, back in the days, there wasn’t any schools or formal education for filmmaking. So, Lyda ended up studying IT for his tertiary education. With a humble beginning, Lyda started his journey in production with Sky High Production, a Thai production company, in 2007, followed by Rock Production in 2011. In 2012, Lyda founded LD Pictures and since then, there are more than 20 feature films made.

Lyda first became known to audiences with his directorial debut film, ‘Arb Wears Helmet I & II’ in 2012. In 2019, Lyda’s horror film, ‘The Clock Spirits Awakening’ achieved great results at the Cambodia National Film Festival by winning multiple awards including The Best Film of The Year 2019, The Best Director of Year 2019, The Best Film Editor of Year 2019, The Best Sound Editor of the Year 2019, The Best Actress and Actor of the Year 2019. The film also received awards at the Horror Bowl Movie Award, India for The Best Film of the Year 2019, The Best Director of the Year 2019 Mr. Lyda LEAK, The Best Actor of the Year 2019, Mr. Piseth SORN. ‘The Clock Spirits Awakening’ was also distributed and shown in multiple territories in Asia.

In 2020, Lyda was also the director of the project ‘Red Wall’ that was disrupted by the pandemic. Lyda’s latest project include ‘Grade 12E’, a horror film. 2023 directed ‘Rent Boy’ a comedy starring multiple famous actors from different South East Asian countries and is scheduled to be released in multiple territories and “The Night Curse of Reatrei” a horror film. In 2024, he just completed a film “ Neang Neath ” a horror and comedy film.

Filmatography

Director

• Ab Wears Helmet
• Neak Leng Cherng Kve
• Silly Son-In-Low
• Jar? / Jar? II
• The Clock: Spirit Awakening
• BongKol Krak Songkot Vinhean
• The Ghost Ring
• Rent Boy
• Grade 12E
• Rent Boy
• The Night Curse Of Reatrei
• Neang Neath

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Director Statement

More than 10 years and around 30 movies later, LD Picture may have found its breakthrough. On this scary film it took a year to produce to ensure a high quality to target the international audience. The Clock is the first movie being “ Exported ” to other country. This is very huge opportunity for a Cambodian movie to be screened internationally. Following a year of writing and polishing the screenplay, the big challenges are yet to come in the film’s production.
There are three important points that make me believe this film can be a success on the international market. First, we’ve produced a script we hope will prove appealing to an international market, as it is based on the famous Hungarian Suicide Song. Second, our technical equipment is high and comparable to Hollywood standards. Thirdly, the post production will be helped by local and international industry experts”.