Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Original title: Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

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6.7/10

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

On his deathbed, Uncle Boonmee, recalls his many past lives.

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Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.

Director
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Writers
- Phra Sripariyattiweti
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

18K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Writers
- Phra Sripariyattiweti
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 11 wins & 25 nominations

Trivia
Shot on 16mm film rather than digital. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul wanted to film in this format as the film is all about dying traditions.

Goofs
The first time a ghost appears, during dinner, the nephew passes the ghost a glass of water. You can see the ghost image superimposed over the nephew's arm when he places the glass of water on the table.

Quotes
Huay: Heaven is over-rated. There's nothing there.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)

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Just way too slow

I really do wish I could like this. As it is, I think it has some dazzling sequences, and some really atmospheric and hypnotizing scenes. For the most part though, it didn't amount to much for me, and that's because I was just really bored by a lot of it. This really just comes down to whether one is hypnotized or bored by it, and unfortunately for me it was the latter. That doesn't mean that it's an awful film, it has way too much originality in what I saw to label it as such (and whether it has anything to really say is anyone's guess). Still, I wouldn't recommend this to most people, simply because it's so hard to get into. Not recommended.