Cemetery of Splendour
Aroview: Mesmerising film in the director’s indefinable style, set in and around a rural Thai hospital which may be haunted.
A group of soldiers excavating a patch of nearby land have fallen ill with a mysterious sleeping sickness, and a local volunteer who comes to their aid discovers that the troubled dreams these men are having could be caused by the spirits of ancient warriors populating the site. A hypnotic film-watching experience that is not easily forgotten.
“An essay in psychogeography and a meditation on death, the presence of the spirit world in nature and the unquiet ghosts of guilt and pain in the Thai nation” ~PETER BRADSHAW, THE GUARDIAN
Cast
Jenjira Pongpas (Jenjira), Banlop Lomnoi (Itt), Jarinpattra Rueangram (Keng), Petcharat Chaiburi (Nurse Tet), Tawatchai Buawat (The Mediator)
Director
Languages
Thai, English
Subtitles
English
Countries
Thailand, UK, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
