Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

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Product Description ------------------- Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life. Review ------ One of the best films of the year. Huanting... Hypnotic... It's a beauty! --Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Magazine Mysterious and lovely --Manohla Dargis, The New York Times A one-of-a-kind dream ghost story! --Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director ------------------ Apichatpong Weerasethakul was born in Bangkok (1970) and grew up in Khon Kaen, north-eastern Thailand. He graduated from Khon Kaen University and holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture, then a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The Art Institute of Chicago. He started making films and video shorts in 1994 and completed his first feature in 2000. He has also ed exhibitions and installations in many countries since 1998. Often non-linear, his works link with memory, invoked in subtle ways personal politics and social issues. Working independently of the Thai commercial film industry, he devotes himself to promoting experimental and independent filmmaking through his company Kick the Machine Films, founded in 1999. Kick the Machine has produced all his feature films. In 2008, he embarked on the Primitive project, a multi-platform work of which Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives is part. In 2009, he and his work were the subject of a monograph published by the Austrian Film Museum. His art projects and feature films have won him widespread re and numerous festival prizes, including two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival. Blissfully Yours won the Un Certain Regard Prize in 2002 and Tropical Malady won the Official Competition Jury Prize in 2004. His accled 2006 feature, Syndromes and a Century, was the first Thai film selected for competition at the Venice Film Festival and was accled in a number of international polls as one of the best films of the last decade. He lives and works in Chiangmai, Thailand. He is currently preparing his next project on the filmmaker and celebrated author Donald Richie. See more ( javascript:void(0) )