The short documentary would be initially set in the home province of the main character, from his home in Stung Treng, Cambodia. Hem Bunting is the indigenous runner who would be struggling on a daily basis in front of the lens. He is pitted against the opposition, those real and identifiable and exposing what it is that he feels needs to be shown to the public. This is the cathartic direction of the film. A director's note also could be the context; that being one essentially insurmountable obstacle of 8 marathons in 12 days. This would be 'serious' and perhaps a 'deadly' combination of human endurance. Bunting would have to endure the beginning of discrimination first as an 'outcast' athlete that has been too controversial in his past. He succeeds in exposing the corruption that cut his funding. He hopes to access the media and followers by proving himself. His running is his only existence and creates a physical act of to frame the dimensions of the film. The struggle that is building for the athletes in Cambodia could be their efforts to be acknowledged by a wider audience. Much like the current situation in Cambodia the expressions of the people, those of the garment workers, teachers, protesters and activists that have been suppressed, there is an effort to hear them. If they cannot act out as individuals in a world that does not take them entirely seriously, then there is distention and a climax that ends in often-catastrophic consequences. The director would pan on how the crackdown is seen with a series of journalistic tabloids from the recent posts and footage from protests.

The introduction to a hostile environment in Cambodia sets the stage for the hero in fact it causes the world to see another face. The face the director would show in Hem Bunting. Facing the Challenge of his lifetime, Bunting searches for the place he can be King. This would parallel another adventure to rise from the burnt and disaffected places of Cambodia. The fact that many Cambodians discover their personal identities from what was taken and burned by the Khmer Rouge is true for many people. 

This is not meant to be a political event for the Cambodian Athletes but an inspiring story, which tells of their will, and personal stories and the journey they are making for living for adequacy. 8 marathons in 12 days will be a heroic and worth following journey. For Bunting, and those closest to him it would be a look into the rural Cambodia. The scenery will be spell binding and the road would be not a road at all but a trail that they meander along connecting local villages. The event is self-supporting in that it would be decided that day how far he could run and what would be the plan in the future days on the road/trails.