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
