Cemetery of Splendor
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cemetery of Splendor |
| Original title | Rak ti khon kaen |
| Country of production | Great Britain , France , Germany , Myanmar |
| original language | Thai |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 122 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| script | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| production | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| camera | Diego Garcia |
| cut | Lee Chatametikoo |
| occupation | |
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Cemetery of Splendor ( Thai รัก ที่ ขอนแก่น , RTGS Rak thi Khon Kaen , "Love in Khon Kaen ", German TV title: "Friedhof der König") is a poetic film drama by the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul that was released in 2015 and deals with topics such as Deals with life and death , sleep and wakefulness .
action
The film is about the housewife Jen, who volunteers in a school that has been converted into a small clinic and treats soldiers who have been stricken with a mysterious sleeping sickness. Among other things, the doctors use colored light tubes to alleviate the patient's nightmares. Jen herself has to walk with crutches because one of her legs is shorter than the other. She developed a special affection for one of her patients, the younger Itt. She has the feeling that she can “coordinate” with him, although he is initially unresponsive. When she washes him, he temporarily wakes up. Other patients also wake up temporarily, but just as suddenly fall back into a coma. Itt especially has waking moments when Jen is around. She visits a temple with her American partner Richard to light a candle for Itt's recovery. The goddesses of the temple meet Jen later in broad daylight in human form. Jen discovers Itt's notebook, in which he made strange notes. She suspects that the soldiers' dreams have something to do with the mythical old place, a former palace and later cemetery, below the clinic.
The young Keng is a medium that can read the thoughts and dreams of the sick in their sleep and communicates with their relatives for them. It also serves as a link between Jen and Itt. A long conversation between Jen and Keng, who has taken the position of Itt, takes up much of the second half of the film.
background
The animistic life of the inhabitants in northeast Thailand , where the director comes from and where the film Cemetery of Splendor is set, their belief in the transmigration of souls between humans, plants, animals and spirits are recurring themes in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films. The film was screened at the Un-Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes International Film Festival .
reception
The film was placed fifth in the list of the top twenty films of 2015 published by Sight & Sound magazine .
"[...] another of his unique imagist cine-poems: [...] a meditation on death"
"[...] another unique film poem: [...] a meditation on death."
"[...] that requires no visual effects to leave you feeling thoroughly enchanted."
"No visual effects are necessary to leave you thoroughly enchanted."
Web links
- Cemetery of Splendor on the website of the German film distributor Rapid Eye Movies
- Cemetery of Splendor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release to Cemetery of Splendor . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 123 K).
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/film/friedhof-der-koenige,9151181.html
- ^ A b Justin Chang : Cannes Film Review: 'Cemetery of Splendor'. May 18, 2015.
- ↑ The 20 best films of 2015 ( English ) In: British Film Institute . Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ The Guardian.