Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
English-language release poster by Chris Ware
Thaiลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
Directed byApichatpong Weerasethakul
Written byApichatpong Weerasethakul
Based onA Man Who Can Recall His Past Lives
by Phra Sripariyattiweti
Produced bySimon Field
Keith Grifith
Charles de Meaux
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
StarringThanapat Saisaymar
Jenjira Pongpas
Sakda Kaewbuadee
CinematographySayombhu Mukdeeprom
Yukontorn Mingmongkon
Charin Pengpanich
Edited byLee Chatametikool
Production
company
Kick the Machine
Distributed byKick the Machine
Release dates
  • 21 May 2010 (2010-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 25 June 2010 (2010-06-25) (Thailand)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryThailand
LanguagesIsan
Thai

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thai: ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ; RTGSLung Bunmi Raluek Chat) is a 2010 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film, which explores themes of reincarnation, centers on the last days in the life of its title character, played by Thanapat Saisaymar. Together with his loved ones—including the spirit of his dead wife, Huay, and his lost son, Boonsong, who has returned in a non-human form—Boonmee explores his past lives as he contemplates the reasons for his illness.[1]

The film was inspired by the 1983 book A Man Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Buddhist abbot Phra Sripariyattiweti. The film is the final installment in a multi-platform art project by Apichatpong called "Primitive". It premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or, becoming the first Thai film to do so.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference presskit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Miller, Lisa (27 August 2010). "Remembrances of Lives Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

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