<P> Schanberg and Pran go to Neak Leung where they find that the town has been bombed . Schanberg and Pran are arrested when they try to photograph the execution of two Khmer Rouge operatives . They are eventually released and Schanberg is furious when the international press corps arrives with the U.S. Army . </P> <P> Two years later, in 1975, the Phnom Penh embassies are being evacuated in anticipation of the arrival of the Khmer Rouge . Schanberg secures evacuation for Pran, his wife and their four children . However, Pran insists that he would stay behind to help Schanberg . </P> <P> The Khmer Rouge move into the capital, ostensibly in peace . During a parade through the city, Schanberg meets Rockoff . They are later met by a detachment of the Khmer Rouge, who immediately arrest them . The group is taken through the city to a back alley where prisoners are being held and executed . Pran, unharmed because he is a Cambodian civilian, negotiates to spare the lives of his friends . They do not leave Phnom Penh, but instead retreat to the French embassy . </P> <P> Informed that the Khmer Rouge have ordered all Cambodian citizens in the embassy to be handed over and fearing the embassy will be overrun, the embassies comply . Knowing that Pran will be imprisoned or killed, Rockoff and fellow photographer Jon Swain (Julian Sands) of The Sunday Times try to forge a British passport for Pran; the deception fails when the image of Pran on the passport photo fades to nothing, as they lack adequate photographic developer . Pran is turned over to the Khmer Rouge and is forced to live under their totalitarian regime . </P>

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