Friday, 01 March 2013: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Friday, 01 March 2013, 20:00
Venue: Forest Row Village Hall (see Locations and Tickets for further details)
Programme category: Forest Row Film Society
Director: Apichatpong Weeraseethakul, Thailand 2010, 114 mins, 12A
“The most persuasive and beguiling account of mysticism and religion that I’ve seen in the cinema recently, or perhaps ever.” The Guardian
Boonmee, farmer and beekeeper, suffers from a lethal kidney disease. On his last journey he is visited by several spiritual and mythical creatures and welcomes them to reflect his life. A slow, contemplative and positive meditation, the film won the Palme d’Or in 2011.
Further Reading
- Time Out
- Bright Lights Film Journal
- The Guardian
- Strictly Film School
- Daily Telegraph
- Slant magazine
- Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in Electric Sheep
- Roger Ebert
- Post Colonial Networks
- Useful review of a book about the director
- Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in Cinema Scope
- Reverse Shot
- Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in Bomb magazine
- Wikipedia article on the Communist Party of Thailand
