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7.0/10   1,228 votes
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Release Date:
24 November 2004 (Belgium) more
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Plot:
A gay-themed romance between a soldier (Lomnoi) and a country boy Tong, wrapped around a Thai folk legend involving a shaman with shapeshifting abilities. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Psychedelic and haunting more (24 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Banlop Lomnoi ... Keng
Sakda Kaewbuadee ... Tong
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Huai Dessom
Sirivech Jareonchon
Udom Promma
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Directed by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul  writer

Produced by
Paiboon Damrongchaitham .... co-producer
Charles de Meaux .... producer
Axel Möbius .... co-producer
Alex Moebius .... producer
Marco Mueller .... co-producer
Christoph Thoke .... co-producer
Pantham Thongsangl .... co-producer
 
Cinematography by
Jarin Pengpanitch 
Vichit Tanapanitch 
Jean-Louis Vialard 
 
Film Editing by
Lee Chatametikool 
Jacopo Quadri 
 
Production Design by
Akekarat Homlaor 
 
Costume Design by
Pilaitip Jamniam 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sompot Chidgasornpongse .... second assistant director
Suchada Sirithanawuddhi .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Lee Chatametikool .... sound editor
Thitipant Chongcharoen-choke-skul .... sound designer
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr .... location sound (as Akrit Chaya-ngam)
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr .... sound designer
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr .... sound
Boom Suvagondha .... assistant sound mixer
Narathip Tungkaseranee .... boom operator
Narathip Tungkaseranee .... foley editor
Jasmin Vorabutr .... sound editor
Teekadet Vucharadhanin .... foley artist
Traithep Wongpaiboon .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Visual Effects by
Manfred Büttner .... visual effects producer
Markus Degen .... lead compositor
Markus Degen .... visual effects supervisor
Florian Gellinger .... digital compositor
Caterina Schiffers .... digital compositor: postproduction, TVT
 
Editorial Department
Jacopo Quadri .... editing advisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tropical Malady (International: English title)
Tropical Malady - Liebe kennt nur den Moment... (Germany)
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Runtime:
118 min | France:120 min | Argentina:120 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was inspired by the adventure tales of Thai author Noi Intanon and by Jacques Tourneur, director of I Walked With a Zombie and the original Cat People. more
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Referenced in 2006 Glitter Awards (2006) (V) more

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13 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Psychedelic and haunting, 12 May 2005
8/10
Author: figseed from cambridge, england

I agree that the film is a little disjointed - things like the very long karaoke scene (what an awful song) I found tedious and unnecessary, but rationalised to myself that the director was trying to create a lighthearted, falling-in-love-and-life-is-so-sweet kind of atmosphere - something I think was done more successfully in the scenes of the couple at the movies, in the forest, etc. This almost lulls you into a false sense of security, though the temple scene foreshadows the dramatic shift in mood that comes with the latter part of the film. The jungle scenes are powerfully spellbinding, both visually and aurally, with their long spells of darkness and almost complete absence of dialogue and they, I believe, make up for any inconsistencies in the earlier part of the film. I saw this in the afternoon, and emerged from the darkness of the cinema and the jungle feeling absolutely intoxicated. I will never forget the tiger's face in the darkness - psychedelic and haunting.

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