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Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Winner of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES is a unique tale of a man embracing lifes greatest mystery. Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave the birthplace of his first life

"Apichatpong long ago announced himself as one of the most important filmmakers working today, but no feature so deftly illustrates his formal command as Uncle Boonmee. Blending a historical remove redolent of Hou Hsiao-hsien with a magic-realist disregard for physics, the film floats through time not so much as an observer but an active participant, giddily disrupting the continuum with puckish insertions like monkey spirits" - Movie Mezzanine

"Mysterious and Lovely!" Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"A one-of-a-kind dreamy ghost story!" Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Beautiful! David Denby, The New Yorker

"One of the best films of the year! Rolling Stone Magazine