A megalith rises from a sandy desert – or rather, a scale model of such a landscape. “I am the archive”, says a young female voice while ominous string music nails viewers to their seats. This opening sets the stage for the narrative and figurative language of Rithy Panh’s dense mnemonic essay which uses stunning dioramas to tell a twenty-first century dystopian story. After a ...。Adaptation homes in on Florian who, with the help of his four-legged friend Lassie and a group of young companions, tries to stop a criminal gang from stealing pedigree dogs and auctioning them off to the highest bidder.。