Sat pralāt = Tropical malady /
"Tropical malady" is two distinct halves, divided into two complementary and wholly necessary pieces. The first half is a love story. A young soldier, Keng (Banlop Lō̜mnō̜i), is assigned to patrol the Thai forests, and he falls for a country boy, Tong (Sakdā Kǣobūadī), a worker in a...
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Format: | DVD |
Language: | Thai English |
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[Bangkok] : [Culver City, CA] :
TIFA ; Strand Releasing,
©2005.
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Edition: | Director's vision ed. |
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Summary: | "Tropical malady" is two distinct halves, divided into two complementary and wholly necessary pieces. The first half is a love story. A young soldier, Keng (Banlop Lō̜mnō̜i), is assigned to patrol the Thai forests, and he falls for a country boy, Tong (Sakdā Kǣobūadī), a worker in a rural Thai village's ice plant. In the second half, that love story has been swallowed by a folk tale, in which the spirit of a man has found its way into the body of a tiger. A soldier patrols the forest, looking for a villager who has disappeared while a voice-over relates the story of a shaman who has the power to turn himself into a tiger. Is the soldier Keng? Is the missing villager--or, stranger yet, the tiger--Tong? |
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Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Letterbox (Standard). Special features: Commentary by director and film critic Chuck Stephens ; Deleted scenes [unsubtitled] (14 min.) ; Story boards [slide show] and photo gallery [slide show] ; Other Strand titles [previews] (8 min.). |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time: | 01:58:00 |
Format: | DVD; letterbox. |
Audience: | Not rated. |
Awards: | Cannes Film Festival, 2004: Jury Prize (Apichatpong Weerasethakul). |
Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Wichit Thanāphānit, Čharin Phengphānit, Jean-Louis Vialard ; editor, Lī Chātamēthīkun ; costume designer, Pilaitip Jamniam ; production designer, Akekarat Homlaor. |