Blissfully Yours

Sud sanaeha

Thailand, France

2002

125 Min

Color

1.66:1

Thai

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Eric Chan, Charles de Meaux

CAST Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan

Cannes (Un Certain Regard): Un Certain Regard Award, Toronto, London, AFI FEST (International Feature Competition), BAFICI (International Competition): Best Director, FIPRESCI Prize, Vancouver (Dragons & Tigers), Ghent, Stockholm (Asian Images), Rotterdam (Main Programme): KNF Award, San Francisco, Melbourne (Regional Focus), Locarno (Open Doors), !F Istanbul (ACID 20BDay)

Synopsis

Roong longs for the day when she can be in the arms of her Burmese lover, Min, an illegal immigrant. She pays Orn, an older woman to take care of Min while she looks for a place for them to share their happiness. One afternoon, Min takes Roong to have a picnic in the jungle where they feel free to express their love. Meanwhile, Orn has also gone to the jungle with Tommy, her husband’s co-worker. Will an overdose of happiness have after-effects? –Cannes Film Festival

Director

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong “Joe” Weerasethakul (Thai: อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; born July 16, 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there.

Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films… read more

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Zeppo

13Feb13

Blissfully slow.

Slow Immersion and kerfuffles like this

kerfuffles

7Jan13

I wish every movie could make me feel like this.

DT

6Dec12

Static, but authentic, seeped in humanism amidst its interactions - completely natural. That such a scant narrative retains engagement so seamlessly says well of the personalised filmmaking behind it. Its portrayal of becoming lost in one’s senses in the heat of the jungle casts such a spell that it could almost be labelled life itself - not even any particular emotional cogitation, but simply a striking, triumphant degustation of Weerasethakul’s auteurism, and his idiosyncratic brand of serenity.

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