The cinema of thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when king chulalongkorns 1897 visit to bern, switzerland was recorded by francoishenri lavancyclarke. Dec 12, 2010 explores the relationship between ake, a young man who is paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, and pun, the male nurse who takes care of him, and of course akes father. May 25, 2010 debut feature directed by anocha suwichakornpong. For convenience, all thai films should be included in this category. Read the news item from the bangkok post below and see for. Please read the faq about thai films on dvd before asking about where to find a thai movie on dvd with english subtitles.
Aug 15, 2016 15 poetic films about mundane subjects posted on august 15, 2016 august 15, 2016 by gabriele manfredi cinema can take people to the moon, reenact gigantic battles, and take the audience to magical lands and universes. Anocha suwichakornpongs feature debut, mundane history, is a. The top thai movies of all time list is calculated by community movie ratings and members top thai movies list. The corporeal and the cosmic collide to mesmerizing effect in this galaxybrain stunner from thai auteur anocha suwichakornpong. Arkaney cherkham, left, and phakpoom surapongsanurak in mundane history, a thai film by anocha suwichakornpong. Ake is at first cold towards his nurse pun, but as pun continues to earnestly take care of him he starts to open up his heart through candid conversations. It is described as one of the most startling and original feature debuts of recent years, and received its world premiere on 10 october 2009 at the 14th busan international film festival in south korea.
There is an allegory with a supernova as our human condition is biological, social, political and astronomical. Auguste and louis lumiere had a film exhibition that toured in southeast asia in 1894, and on 9 june 1897, the wonderful parisian cinematograph was screened in bangkok, and is the first known film screening in thailand. With arkaney cherkam, paramej noiam, anchana ponpitakthepkij, phakpoom surapongsanuruk. Starring chantavit dhanasevi, nittha jirayungyurn, theerapat sajakul. Jao nok krajok aka mundane history was an official selection at the 2010 rotterdam international film festival, where it was honored with the tiger award. A superb ghost story and a social commentary on todays lao. In this tiger award winner at the recent rotterdam film festival, what started out as a simple story between a rich, young man. Michael garmonsways rating of the film mundane history. The top thai movies list is calculated by overall movie ratings and members top thai list.
The 7th world film festival of bangkok, dubbed film lovers heaven, opens friday at paragon cineplex. Mundane history jao nok krajok details and credits. In 1970, she was student activist, a waitress who keeps changing her job, now a film director. Ake phakpoom surapongsanuruk is a man in his twenties who was involved in. Mundane history is a contained portrayal of an almost hermetic world that gradually expands, in miniscule fits and cosmic leaps that prove unpredictable but ultimately hard to deny. Mundane history 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Thai flick mundane history opens the world film festival, which runs from november 615.
Anocha suwichakornpong is a thai independent film director and his first long movie mundane history won the tiger award from the international film festival rotterdam in 2009. More about mundane history mundane history played to a packed auditorium on thursday night at the world film festival of bangkok. The physical contact with pun makes him rethink physical. Her film graceland 2006 became the first thai short film to be included in the official selection at cannes film festival. This includes all films that can also be found in the subcategories. It was the first thai entry to be selected for the cannes cinefondation shortfilm program. Slice cheun written and directed by kongkiat komesiri. The perils of putting history on film a dark thai event that claimed many lives is given a shapeshifting treatment.
Pages in category thai films the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 307 total. Mundane history 2009 directed by anocha suwichakornpong. But as the two men form a tentative friendship, anocha explodes her own film, blowing. This category is for films that contain thai language, and includes films made by the thai film industry and films from elsewhere that feature thai dialogue. Best thai movies top thai movies online sbs movies. We believe we have included all thai films available for the uk dvd rental market in our extensive dvd rental and bluray rental library of over 100,000 titles. This first fulllength feature by the thai film maker anocha suwichakornpong is as mysterious as life itself. Heavy fx effects are featured to make battles look bloody. Vpro tiger award international film festival rotterdam 2010. Mundane history by anocha suwichakornpong survivance. Dont look now, but the highly openminded society of thailand has suddenly gotten itself into a controversy surrounding the local movie insects in the backyard by director tanwarin sukkaphisit that has already been banned twice for the reason of being against public morals. Starring arkanae cherkam, paramej noiam, anchana ponpitakthepkij. This sparked more interest in film by the thai royal family and local businessmen, who brought in filmmaking equipment and started to exhibit foreign films.
Thai director anocha suwichakornpongs ethereal first film has been widely praised as one of the most startling and original feature debuts of. Looking after a young man with partial paralysis, a male nurse finds himself questioning his experience of the mundane. Busan, south korea thai director anocha suwichakornpongs feature mundane history may be loosely defined as experimental for some. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. May 12, 20 this is the movie eunice starring carol burnett, vicki lawrence, betty white, and ken berry. Mundane history among first selections for rotterd.
It was the masters thesis work for the columbia universityeducated filmmaker, who has since gone on to make her first feature, mundane history, covered by cnngo last month. The film was then brought to bangkok, where it was exhibited. Ake is at first cold towards his nurse pun, but as pun continues to earnestly. Mar 28, 2010 o n a similar if totally unrelated note, thai director anocha suwichakornpongs feature debut, mundane history, is another movie that only takes its synopsis as a jumping board to something much more profound. In the nineties, she lived in england, where she received her ba and ma. Two men contemplate the world in which they live in this drama from thai filmmaker anocha suwichakornpong. Mundane history thailand, 2009 if you feel that the subgenre of the inspirational drama about a disabled person finding a reason to continue living due to their relationship with an understanding carer has become nothing more than a wellintentioned cliche, then anocha suwichakornpongs wonderful debut feature mundane history will be a welcome surprise. This is the movie eunice starring carol burnett, vicki lawrence, betty white, and ken berry. A bitter young man who is paralysed from the waist. Anocha suwichakornpongs social drama mundane history jao nok krajok.
Thai movie the dawn of the kingdom siam yuth was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h25mn. Ake is at first cold towards his nurse pun, but as pun continues to earnestly take care of. Thai director anocha suwichakornpongs feature debut, mundane history, is another movie that only takes its synopsis as a jumping board to something much more profound. Jul 11, 2011 mundane history is a contained portrayal of an almost hermetic world that gradually expands, in miniscule fits and cosmic leaps that prove unpredictable but ultimately hard to deny.
Top thai movies list, best thai movies page 4 by filmcrave. Mundane history is a contained portrayal of an almost hermetic world that gradually expands, in miniscule fits and cosmic leaps that prove unpredictable but. Anocha suwichakornpong thailand 2010 82 min couleur 1,85. Mundane history 2009 anocha suwichakornpong synopsis. In this tiger award winner at the recent rotterdam film festival, what started out as a simple story between a rich, young man paralysed. Mundane history begins straightforwardly enough, as nurse pun takes a new job caring for ake, a paralyzed young man whose angry defiance gradually softens into grudging respect. Anocha suwichakornpongs directorial debut, mundane history seems to be the filmic embodimentencapsulation of the moments in our lives where our curiosity and exhaustion both brought by our existence binds us in confusion, where suddenly all that life had promised for us crushes our very souls with its. By the time it gets dark is beautiful, meditative, and enigmatic. Her graduate film, graceland, was the first thai short film to be at cannes cinefondation in 2006, and her first featurelength film mundane history in 2009 won the prize at international film.
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