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FREEDOM DEAL: Story of Lucky - Popular Among Youth in Cambodia & Thailand

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Interesting year-end analytics of a section of Camerado's Southeast Asian supernatural historical drama, FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky, clearly demonstrates the movie's popularity among local (Asian) audiences.   Of a total 194, 463* minutes viewed (*4.43685041 months), the breakdown is as follows: As the movie is set in 1970 along the Cambodia / Vietnam border during the US-Vietnam conflict, and is produced in the Khmer language, it should come as no surprise that Cambodia's metrics take the lead here, with 47% of total views (91, 227 minutes watched).   Thailand follows with 28% (54, 465 minutes watched), lending support to a regional supernatural & historical appreciation of the film's context.  Thailand also happens to share a similar supernatural being, which is called the 'Arb' in Cambodia, yet named 'Krasue' in Thai language. Vietnam follows with only 6.5 % viewership (12, 585 minutes), which is notable since the sto