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Cemetery of Splendor

2015 · 122 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through hospital wards and half-remembered myths, where the boundary between sleep and waking quietly dissolves.

Directed by: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram

Overview: In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be cured, and forms a telepathic bond with one of them.

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Directed by: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
memory
healing
identity
mystery
Places: hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, fantasy
Directed by: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Written by: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi, Tawatchai Buawat, Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw, Bhattaratorn Senkraigul, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Cinematography: Diego García
Runtime: 122 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Thailand, Germany, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, Norway
Languages: Thai, English

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