November 1996, in the midst of the Cambodian countryside, not far from Phnom Penh’s a pagoda, from which one can hear the sound of a cello playing music by J.S.Bach. Hearing this European music in such an unmistakably Asian setting is all the greater when it turns out that the performer is a Swiss pediatrician, Beat Richner, a man who has given up everything in order to care for Cambodia’s sick children.

Alone with his cello in this place of worship in the depths of Asia, Dr. Richner addresses an appeal to the entire world. Cambodia needs help. Since 1991 he has built two hospitals, and each day these are able to assist thousands of destitute children. This encounter with an unusual physician who uses his musical gifts to collect money for his own humanitarian projects, is also an opportunity for discovering the Cambodia of that time, a nation that is once again trying to raise its head after dramatic time.

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