Tropical Malady

Tropical Malady is a film inhabitant of Thailand carried out by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, left the May 18th 2004.

Synopsis

Keng, a young soldier, and Tong, a boy of the countryside, are in love. Together, they lead a quiet life organizing itself around walks downtown and of the softness of the days to the skirt of forest. One day, Tong disappears and several animals from the herds of the area in their turn. An old local legend said that sometimes, a man can be transformed into a wild beast. Keng decides to leave to its research to the hollow a luxuriant and worrying forest…

Comments

After Blissfully Yours and before Syndromes and has Century , Tropical malady is the second shutter of a trilogy that the realizer Apichatpong Weerasethakul devotes to what touches it, here itself, his sexuality and his fears.

The film is cut in two opposite parts: between a quiet and calm passing fancy, then anguish of Keng isolated in the jungle which drives out a wild beast whereas Tong disappeared after their last meeting. The magazine Télérama is questioned: “Of the two shutters of the diptych, fascinating from beginning to end, which is lived by the protagonists, which east is delirious? ”

According to the realizer in a maintenance of 2007, the first part is the present vis-a-vis the second which is the past “when my lover left”.

Data sheet

Title: Tropical Malady
original Title: Southern pralad
Realization: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Scenario: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Production: Charles of Meaux and Alex Moebius
Production companies: Anna Sanders Films, TIFA, Downtown Pictures, Thoke+Moebius Film, Kick the Machine
Music: Unknown
Photography: Jarin Pengpanitch, Vichit Tanapanitch and Jean-Louis Vialard
Assembly: Lee Chatametikool and Jacopo Quadri
Country of origin: Thailand
Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - Dolby Surround - 35 mm
Kind: Drama, fantastic, lovesong
Lasted: 120 minutes
Coming out date: May 18th 2004 (Cannes festival), June 24th 2004 (Thailand), November 24th 2004 (Belgium, France)

Distribution

Banlop Lomnoi : Keng
Sakda Kaewbuadee : Tong
Hooted Dessom
Sirivech Jareonchon
Udom Promma

Around film

the turning of the second left completely was held in the jungle of the North-East of Thailand, where the taker of its could collect of night of the incredible noises - bear, elephants etc - which partly were used for the development of the band sound.
to justify the title of its film, the realizer explains why “We stick to certain things, in particular to the beauty of our own species. It was already a topic of Blissfully yours , but this time I wanted to show his morbid aspect. At one time of our life, we “are almost choked” by the marvellous memories of those which we like. The lovers of Tropical Malady succumb of their love”.

Rewards

Price of the Jury to the Cannes festival 2004.
Price of criticism at the time of the International festival of film of São Paulo 2004.
Price of the Jury at the time of the International festival of film of Indianapolis 2005.

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