Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Thailand 2010, 114 minutes
Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In Thai with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Paranorma

Topics: Experimental.

Feat. Thanapat Saisaymar

Aroview: Weerasethakul's most acclaimed and accessible film to date centres on a man dying of kidney failure, whose twilight hours are spent joyously with ghosts and loved ones from the past.

A contentious Cannes winner, it represents something of a triumph for contemporary art cinema and artistic integrity, with the director's inscrutable but ineffable whisper of becalming images, jungle sounds, and mysterious atmosphere a true pleasure for those prepared to surrender to the unknown.

Cannes - Palm D’Or
NZ International Film Festival 2010