Apichatpong Weerasethakul directs Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas and Sakda Kaewbuadee in this arthouse darling from Thailand about a slowly dying farmer who is visited by his dead wife and his son who has taken on the form of a spooky monkey ghost.

The Emperor’s New Palme d’Or. Yeah… it’s not that I don’t care about Thai culture, history or beliefs nor that I’m not interested in death, doppelgängers or pastoral employment… this is just too laidback and airy to justify its runtime. The iconic forest mythological creatures who pop in are creepy (shadows with glowing red eyes) but do little.

5

Perfect Double Bill: Syndromes and a Century (2006)

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