Tropical Malady (Thai) 2004

November 21, 2008 · Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thai Movies

AKA: Sud Pralad
Year: 2004
Directed: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genre: Drama/Romance/Fantasy
Runtime: 113 mins
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Subtitles: English Hardcoded
IMDB: Tropical Malady

Cast : Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom, Sirivech Jareonchon, Udom Promma

Plot/Synopsis

At one point in TROPICAL MALADY, a woman tells the principle characters a traditional Thai story about ghosts and greed, and mentions the TV show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE in the next breath. It\’s precisely that kind of disjunction that fuels this film from maverick director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON), who divides his tale into two sharply-contrasted halves that suggest genre codes while defying them. Opening on a group of soldiers posing with a dead body, the film slowly makes its way to a country home where a family takes the troops in, and eventually settles on the episodic courtship between handsome soldier Keng (Banlop Lomnoi), and bashful country boy Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee), both non-actors. (Read more)