Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's surreal comedy, winner of the Palm d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life.
I went because it won in Cannes but as the man next to me said at the end "well, that was 2 hours of my life gone!". Could be the cultural context or the religious back story or it could be just the weirdness of the whole thing but essentially I couldn't understand the movie at all. Several people left during the movie, most after the catfish-oral-sex scene, and I think maybe it was just too much for me. Or perhaps I expected a big "wow" factor because it wont he prize at Cannes. being postive some of the scenes were really pretty and well-shot.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Friday, 1st Jan 2010.
Release date: January 1st 2010.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
