Sat pralāt = Tropical malady

Sat pralāt = Tropical malady /

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"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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Other Authors: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970- (Screenwriter, Director), Meaux, Charles de (Producer), Banlop Lō̜mnō̜i (Actor), Sakdā Kǣobūadī (Actor), Vichit Tanapanitch (director of photography.), Jarin Pengpanitch (director of photography.), Vialard, Jean-Louis (director of photography.), Pilaitip Jamniam (Costume designer)
Format: DVD
Language:Thai
English
Published: [Bangkok] : [Culver City, CA] : TIFA ; Strand Releasing, ©2005.
Edition:Director's vision ed.
Subjects:
Thailand. > Kō̜ngthap Bok > Gays > Drama.
Thailand. > Kō̜ngthap Bok
Gay couples > Thailand > Drama.
Missing persons > Thailand > Drama.
Folklore > Thailand > Drama.
Gay men > Thailand > Drama.
Shamans > Thailand > Drama.
Villages > Thailand > Drama.
Folklore.
Gay couples.
Gay men.
Gay people.
Missing persons.
Shamans.
Villages.
Thailand.
Motion pictures, Thai.
Feature films > Thailand.
Feature films > France.
Feature films > Italy.
Feature films > Germany.
Thai language films.
Foreign language films > Thai.
Romance films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Fantasy films.
Fantasy > Feature.
Features.
Films fantastiques.
Films d'amour.
Films de fiction.
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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?
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.

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