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Why this pick
Its hushed rhythms, porous boundary between waking life and spirits, and gently uncanny encounters closely echo Uncle Boonmee’s compassionate sense of memory, illness, and place.
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01 / THE STORY
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The film centers on the last days in the life of its title character. Together with his loved ones – including the spirit of his dead wife and his lost son who has returned in a non-human form – Boonmee explores his past lives as he contemplates the reasons for his illness.
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