Tropical Malady

Tropical Malady

  • Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Countries of origin: Thailand, France, Germany, Italy
  • Language: Thai
  • Release date: November 24, 2004
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Tropska bolezen
  • Tropical Malady is a feature film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and starring Banrop Loroy and Sakda Khayabdi, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 18, 2004 It opens in Thailand on June 24.
    The film tells the story of Keng, a garrisoned soldier, and a local youth, Tong, who fell in love, separated, and reunited in a town with ancient legends in northern Thailand   .

    Details

    • Release date November 24, 2004
    • Production companies Backup Media, Anna Sanders Films, Downtown Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $46,750

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $270

    Gross worldwide

    $46,750

    Movie reviews

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    • By Bethany 2022-08-02 20:30:48

      Tropical Malady: We all have an Animal Side.

      We all have an animal side. As human beings, it is our responsibility to be like animal trainers, to tame other animals and even teach them to do things that go against animal nature. " What are these things? Homosexuality is a victim of Sang scolding Huai. The director still sympathetically identifies with homosexuality. The object of his criticism is essential: the animal nature in the human body that has been distorted by human civilization is the desire that induces demand and...

    • By Sydnie 2022-04-20 09:02:36

      The confrontation between the id and the mainstream of society

      After watching the movie, I realized that I didn't quite understand what the movie was trying to show. I searched for the introduction of the movie, and read some movie reviews, and found that many people mentioned the mysticism in it, mentioning that the first half is the representation of the second half, and the tiger is the desire in the hearts of the two. Ken went to look for a monster that appeared in the forest, but found a boy with tiger stripes. In the process of his constant game with...

    • By Cathryn 2022-04-20 09:02:36

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      The different views expressed on people, the evolution of human form, and the entanglement and search of two people in the film are a kind of spiritual search, and it doesn’t matter what the body is (the body is an incarnation of the world and a tool for search). ) A certain kind of tease is whether the spirit can get a kind of comfort. In the movie, most of the time staring is extremely powerful soul and body live in different levels, and the spirit with nowhere to turn lives in different...

    • By Malvina 2022-04-20 09:02:36

      tropical disease

      Two stories tell the same thing. The savage's perspective at the beginning is thrilling, and the connection between the two stories is very organic. After the two kiss the backs of each other's hands, Ken rides away, and then the scene cuts to the day when Ken sits in the army's car on the road, Dong sleeps in the room, and Ken is over the shoulder. The camera enters the room where Dong sleeps, but Dong is gone, the camera stays at the door of the room, Ken looks at Dong's photo, the...

    • By Brice 2022-04-19 09:02:59

      the name of the disease

      7.5/10

      The front and back of the film seem to be separated and even opposed (realism vs magicism, urban civilization vs jungle wilderness, apparent world vs depth of consciousness, restraint vs release), but the two superficially different texts form a reflection and echo at a deeper level . The most interesting thing is that KENG and TONG changed their positions in the first and second half. In the first half, KENG came from a town that represents...

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    • By Hayden 2023-08-08 15:50:21

      I don't know what he's talking about now....

    • By Tamara 2023-07-27 22:47:44

      The gnawing fist scene broke me down, the plot was so...

    • By Quinn 2023-07-08 10:51:28

      Rewatch, star. In fact, I was fascinated by the tonality of the script dialogue and the contrasting charm produced by the language of the camera, which is quite Southeast Asia, haha. I still think that there is a combination of Yang Dechang and Hou Hsiao-hsien on the lens, which can let Chinese directors study (not study the script), the relationship between the scene and the person is deeply opposed, and the society is divided by the scene and the isolation of dialogue to amplify emotions. At...

    • By Sunny 2023-07-06 13:01:22

      It failed irretrievably, despite good ideas. stand...

    • By Milton 2023-06-06 01:55:16

      It's too far from Apichatpong's philosophy, there are two systems at all, so it's hard to get his...

    Movie plot

    There is an ancient legend in a town in northern Thailand that a man may be reincarnated into a ferocious tiger. Soldier Keng (Ban Rop · Luoluo Yi ornaments) accidentally met young people living here Tong (Shakhtar Donetsk · Kayabodi ornaments) , will soon produce hazy feelings between the two men. Keng and Tong's family also got along very well, and the two young people lived a carefree life in the small town. But one day it was...
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    Evaluation action

    The film can be said to be a demonstration template for Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Because there are the basic elements of the director, such as jungle, water, night, singing on stage, people in nature, a little mysticism and two-stage structure in structure.
    Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul marked some things in the film to make the audience better understand   . ( " Guang State Daily "...> more about Tropical Malady Evaluation action