UNCLE BOONMEE
aka UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES

Year: 2010
UK: New Wave Films
Cast: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk, Geerasak Kulhong, Kanokporn Thongaram, Samud Kugasang, Wallapa Mongkolprasert, Sumit Suebsee, Vien Pimdee
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Countries: UK / Thailand / Germany / France / Spain
Language: Thai (English subtitles)
UK: 113 mins
USA Rated: Not rated
UK Certificate: 12A contains one scene of moderate sex
USA Release Date: 5 March 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 19 November 2010 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

Winner of the 2010 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival.

The latest film from the director of SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY, TROPICAL MALADY and BLISSFULLY YOURS has propelled Apichatpong Weerasethakul into the spotlight.

Uncle Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar) decides to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the remote forest, which has always been an important place for him since his childhood. He strongly believes the forest is where he will find his former existences.

Strangely, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and the spirit of his long lost son returns. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave -- the birthplace of his first life...

Eerie, poetic and masterful, UNCLE BOONMEE creates an enchanted world where fauna and flora converge to convey a magical, sublime atmosphere.