MFAH Film Houston Premieres: Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti Khon Kaen)
Add to calendar Back to calendarMFAH Film Houston Premieres: Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti Khon Kaen)
- When
- March 26, 2016
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its Houston Premieres series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!
Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti Khon Kaen)
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasekathul
2015, in Thai with English subtitles
Thailand
122 minutes
DCP
Another gem from celebrated Thai artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasekathul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), this film made many “Best of 2015” lists.
Soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The space becomes a revelatory world for volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors.
Jen befriends young medium Keng who uses her powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men.
Jen discovers Itt’s notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketches, and wonders: Is there a connection between the soldiers’ enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic?
