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THAILAND · 2009

A Letter to Uncle Boonmee

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thai Slow Cinema political repression memory and remembrance violence in Thailand rebirth and renewal filmmaker's perspective
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Synopsis

A filmmaker captures images that characterize the violence and repression as well as the hope of rebirth and remembrance in northeastern Thailand.

Year2009
CountryThailand
DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul
MovementThai Slow Cinema
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