Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 'Cemetary of Splendour' at Cannes Film Festival
Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of a woman’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her when she volunteers to help soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness... From Apichatpong Weerasethakul, award-winning director of UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010 Golden Palm), SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY and TROPICAL MALADY. A co-production: Thailand-UK-France-Germany-Malaysia.
This uber-talented Thai director returns to Cannes with his first narrative feature since the 2010 Golden Palm winner UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES. The magic, medical fascination and exotic locations remain in this tender tale of a woman’s awareness while helping soldiers in a clinic suffering from an enigmatic sleeping sickness. This is a confident, mature work from no ordinary filmmaker. It’s a potpourri of fascinations and obsessions from an important contemporary artist. It’s the smallest details and nuances that can make all the difference.
A Kick the Machine Films (Thailand) and Illuminations Films (Past Lives) Production (United Kingdom) In co-production with Anna Sanders Films (France), Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion (Germany), Match Factory Productions (Germany), ZDF/arte (Germany) and Astro Shaw (Malaysia), Asia Culture Center-Asian Arts Theatre (South Korea), Detalle Films (Mexico), Louverture Films (USA), Tordenfilm (Norway). Producers: Keith Griffiths, Simon Field, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans Geißendörfer. Co-producers: Viola Fügen, Najwa Abu Bakar, Moisés Cosio Espinosa, Eric Vogel, Ingunn Sundelin, Joslyn Barnes, Caroleen Feeney, Danny Glover. Associate Producers: Georges Schoucair, Susan Rockefeller, Holger Stern (ZDF/arte). With the participation of L‘Aide aux Cinéma du Monde Centre national du cinéma et de l‘image animée – Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Developpement international – Institute Français with the support of Sørfond World Cinema Fund Hubert Bals Fund Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum. World Sales: The Match Factory.
-Cannes Press Release-
-Edited by Vanessa McMahon-
