Genre:
Avant-garde / Exp
Theatrical Release: 06/29/2005(USA
Release Date: 11/01/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: TH
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Strand Home Video
One of Thailand's leading
experimental filmmakers,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul directed this ambitious examination of fear and desire.
Keng (
Banlop Lomnoi) is a soldier who has been assigned duty as a forest ranger in the woodlands of the country. While on duty, he meets a young man named
Tong (
Sakda Kaewbuadee);
Keng becomes deeply infatuated with
Tong, but while
Tong is friendly with
Keng, he is obviously unwilling to respond to his romantic overtures. As
Keng deals with his disappointment, he learns that a number of animals and villagers have fallen victim to a vicious predator who may be a tiger or a shape-shifting shaman.
Keng gathers his courage and begins tracking the beast, which alternately resembles a jungle cat and his friend
Tong.
Sud Pralad ( aka
Tropical Malady) was screened in competition at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cart 0 items
