A thirteen-year-old child, who lost most of his family under the Khmer Rouge, embarks on a search for their graves. After The Missing Picture (Un Certain Regard winner and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film) Rithy Panh continues his personal and spiritual exploration. While his film S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (François Chalais Prize winner at Cannes 2002) analyzed the mechanisms of the crime, Graves Without a Name searches for a path to peace.