Description

 Tropical Malady (Sud Pralad)
Thai movie (2004)

Playing time: 114 minutes

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Language: Thai
Subtitles: English

A mystical love affair between a young soldier named Keng (Banlop Lomnoi) and Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee), the country boy he seduces, is disrupted when the boy suddenly disappears. Local legends claim that the boy has been transformed into a mythical, shape-shifting wild beast, so the soldier journeys alone into the heart of the lush and shadowy Thai jungle to find the object of his heart's desire. Written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, one of the most prominent young directors of the Thai New Wave. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Notes from the director: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/mn/tropicalmalady.htmlhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381668/