Last Life in the Universe
Ruang rak noi nid mahasan
Thailand, Japan
2003
112 Min
Color
1.85:1
Thai, English, Japanese
Synopsis
A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed and his books neatly stacked and categorized. She dresses like a slob, smokes pot and never picks anything up. It’s a match that somehow works, though. Slowly and entertainingly, more is revealed about the Japanese man and why he’s suicidal and living in Bangkok. —IMDb
Director
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Pen-Ek studied from 1977 to 1985 in New York at the Pratt Institute and worked as freelance illustrator and designer with Designframe Incorporate. In Thailand he worked for five years as art director, before making his début with Fun Bar Karaoke, that was screened at many festivals after its première in Berlin. —IMDb
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Susanna-Cole
19Apr12
I was in love with this film from the first shot. It was one of those were I just knew, I just knew I was in for some superb cinema from the moment it begin, and I most certainly was not disappointed. Every shot was pure gold (Christopher Doyle is a master of cinematography, no doubt), and I adored Kenji and Noi so dearly, even if the ending left me a little brokenhearted.
sea-of-ether
19Mar12
It's a depressing film at first, take what you will from the ending. Beautiful nonetheless.
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By Salamo on May 26, 2009
I did not like this film one bit. What could have been a complex and meditative film turns out to be rather trite due to it’s one dimensional screenplay and characters. I despised the film’s protagonist… read review
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By Christine Szabo on December 2, 2008
Very slow paced, hauntingly beautiful… This is one of those films you can’t watch once and expect to get everything out of it. Each time I watch it, I notice another little trinket Pen-Ek threw in… read review
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