Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a perennial Cannes darling. Tropical Malady won the Jury Prize, at the 2004 Cannes fete, and Blissfully Yours won top honors in the Un Certain Regard program in 2002. Uncle Bonmee looks to be his most accessible film yet, and like Weerasethakul’s other films appears to be poised on the cusp of nature and the supernatural. [pronunciation tip for Thai names: the strongest accent emphasis typically falls on the second syllable, and a final “L” at the end is always pronounced as an “N” — hence, APEEcha-tpong WehRAse-thakoon]
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