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Tropical Malady

Original title: Sud pralad

“Love is a malady without a cure...”

2004 · 1 h 58 min
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DramaFantasyRomance

Cast

Banlop Lomnoi Sakda Kaewbuadee

Credits

Written by: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cinematography: Jarin Pengpanitch Vichit Tanapanitch Jean-Louis Vialard
Editing: Lee Chatametikool
Produced by: Charles de Meaux

Plot

A soldier and a country boy fall in love in the first half, and in the second a jungle legend of a tiger spirit unfolds.

Sinekatalog’s take

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's two-part film starts as a gentle gay romance and turns into a tiger-spirit jungle myth. Dreamy, strange and enchanting, it won the Jury Prize at Cannes and baffled and thrilled in equal measure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (6,894 votes)
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