Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Malaysia
Year: 2015
Duration: 122'
A mysterious illness, which forces people to fall asleep, has struck a platoon of soldiers. After being transferred to a hospital set up inside a former school at Khon Kaen, the men are watched over by nurses and volunteers, including the housewife Jen, who takes care of Itt, caring for him as he sleeps and accompanying him around during his brief waking moments. In a place where memories of the past still live on and blend with the present, Jen makes friends with the medium Keng, who uses her psychic powers to communicate with sick people.
Biography
film director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Bangkok, Thailand) debuted in 1994, became involved in video art in 1998 and in 2000 directed his first feature film, Mysterious Object at Noon, which was recently restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation. Considered one of the most interesting and innovative voices of contemporary cinema, in 2010 his film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Previous Lives received the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, where he had already won the Grand Jury Prize in 2004 with Tropical Malady and, in 2002, the section Un certain regard with Blissfully Yours. His installations have been displayed in museums and galleries throughout the world, including the Tate Modern in London and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
FILMOGRAFIA
Dokfa hai meuman (Mysterious Object at Noon, 2000), Sud sanacha (Blissfully Yours, 2002), Hua jai tor ra nong (The Adventures of Iron Pussy, 2003), Sud Pralad (Tropical Malady, 2004), Sang sattawat (Syndromes and a Century, 2006), Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (Lo zio Boonmee che si ricorda le vite precedenti, 2010), Rak ti Khon Kaen (Cemetery of Splendour, 2015).
Declaration
film director
“The film is a search for the old spirits I knew as a child. My parents were doctors and we lived in one of the hospital housing units. My world was the patients’ ward where my mother worked, our wood house, a school, and a cinema. The film is a merging of these places. I haven’t lived in my home town for almost twenty years. The city has changed so much. But when I went back I only saw my old memories superimposed on the new buildings.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
fotografia/cinematography
Diego Garcia
montaggio/film editing
Lee Chatametikool
scenografia/production design
Akekarat Homlaor
costumi/costume design
Phim U-mari
suono/sound
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jenjira Pongpas Widner (Jen), Banlop Lomnoi (Itt), Jarinpattra Rueangram (Keng)
produttori/producers
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Keith Griffiths, Simon Fields, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans Geiβendörfer
produzione/production
Kick the Machine Films, Illumination Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Viola Fügen, Najwa Abu Bakar, Moisés Cosio Espinosa, Eric Vogel, Ingunn Sundelin, Joslyn Barnes, Caroleen Feeney, Danny Glover
coproduzione/coproduction
Astro Shaw, Asia Culture Center-Asian Arts Theatre, Detalle Films, Louverture Films, Tordenfilm
contatti/contacts
Match Factory
Sergi Steegmann
sergi.steegmann@matchfactory.de
www.the-match-factory.com
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
fotografia/cinematography
Diego Garcia
montaggio/film editing
Lee Chatametikool
scenografia/production design
Akekarat Homlaor
costumi/costume design
Phim U-mari
suono/sound
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jenjira Pongpas Widner (Jen), Banlop Lomnoi (Itt), Jarinpattra Rueangram (Keng)
produttori/producers
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Keith Griffiths, Simon Fields, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans Geiβendörfer
produzione/production
Kick the Machine Films, Illumination Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Viola Fügen, Najwa Abu Bakar, Moisés Cosio Espinosa, Eric Vogel, Ingunn Sundelin, Joslyn Barnes, Caroleen Feeney, Danny Glover
coproduzione/coproduction
Astro Shaw, Asia Culture Center-Asian Arts Theatre, Detalle Films, Louverture Films, Tordenfilm
contatti/contacts
Match Factory
Sergi Steegmann
sergi.steegmann@matchfactory.de
www.the-match-factory.com
