Cemetery of Splendor
The experience of watching it is like dreaming with your eyes wide open.
Cemetery of Splendor
Soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends young medium Keng who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including colored light therapy, to ease the men’s troubled dreams. Jen discovers Itt’s cryptic notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketches. There may be a connection between the soldiers’ enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
122
Language
Thai
Director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cast
Jenjira Pongpas,
Jarinpattra Rueangram
Awards:
Nominee, Un Certain Regard ~ Avenir Prize, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Richard Brody, New Yorker
This political ghost story by the director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is set in an improvised military hospital in rural Thailand, where a bunch of young male soldiers who’ve fallen into a seemingly permanent sleep are warehoused. Doctors attempt high-tech therapy involving colored lights, while a ...
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