Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cinematographer: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Yukontorn Mingmongkon, Charin Pengpanich

The winner of the much coveted Grand Jury prize at Cannes, the film follows Uncle Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar), who, afflicted by acute kidney failure and convinced he will soon die, chooses to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears and brings him guidance, and his estranged son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave. Writer, producer and director Weerasethakul delivers an oddly unique dose of often profound magical realism that removes the boundaries between life and death and which has been recognised as one of the best films of the 2000s in several polls.

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Lists:

• • No. 830 on The Pendragon Society’s 1000 Greatest Films of All-Time (2019)

CAST

• Thanapat Saisaymar as Uncle Boonmee
• Jenjira Pongpas as Jen
• Sakda Kaewbuadee as Tong
• Natthakarn Aphaiwong as Huay, Boonmee’s wife
• Jeerasak Kulhong as Boonsong, Boonmee’s son
• Kanokporn Thongaram as Roong, Jen’s friend
• Samud Kugasang as Jai, Boonmee’s chief worker
• Wallapa Mongkolprasert as the princess
• Sumit Suebsee as the soldier
• Vien Pimdee as the farmer

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Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Produced by Simon Field, Keith Grifith, Charles de Meaux, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Screenplay by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cinematography Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Yukontorn Mingmongkon, Charin Pengpanich
Edited by Lee Chatametikool
Running time 114 minutes
Country Thailand
Language Isan, Thai