Mundane History

Jao nok krajok

Thailand

2009

82 Min

Color

1.85:1

Thai

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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PROD Anocha Suwichakornpong, Soros Sukhum

CAST Arkanae Cherkam, Paramej Noiam, Anchana Ponpitakthepkij, Phakpoom Surapongsanuruk

SOUND Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr

Rotterdam (Competition): Tiger Award, Transilvania (Competition), Edinburgh (Rosebud), São Paulo (International Perspective), Vancouver, 4+1

Synopsis

Explores the relationship between Pun, a young man who is paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, and Ake, the male nurse who takes care of him, and of course Pun’s father. Pun is at first cold towards his nurse Ake, but as Ake continues to earnestly take care of him he starts to open up his heart through candid conversations. The physical contact with Ake makes him rethink physical desires that he wants to forget. The grudge he held against his father slowly abates. All of this slowly becomes the motivating factor to confirm that he is alive, albeit with physical problems. —IMDb

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arsaib

29Jan12

This remarkable debut feature audaciously attempts to connect our immediate everyday lives with something grand and eternal—in other words, the microscopic with the macroscopic, or, if you will, the mundane with the cosmic. Not unlike Malick's masterful The Tree of Life, Ms. Anocha's film is essentially a stab at locating the origins and mysteries of life and, for that reason alone, is worthy of our attention and respect.