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THAILAND · 2012

Sakda (Rousseau)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thai Slow Cinema reincarnation philosophy Jean-Jacques Rousseau contemporary Thailand intellectual discourse
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Synopsis

Created in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, this short essay centres on a monologue delivered by a reincarnation of the philosopher in twenty-first century Thailand.

Year2012
CountryThailand
DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul
MovementThai Slow Cinema
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