Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a magical drama by the most ghost-sensitive director of our time. Screening as part of the Ghost Stories film programme.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- Date:
- 9 Nov 2025,
13:00–15:00
- Age restrictions
- 18+
Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat2010, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
114 minutes, Isan with Russian subtitles
Starring: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk, Geerasak Kulhong
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Boonmee is getting old, his kidneys are failing, he is widowed and preparing to die. One evening, the ghost of his late wife appears to him, offering valuable advice about the afterlife. From that moment on, the old man’s past lives are revealed to him in hypnotic flashbacks that are both magical and absurd.
Shot from Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010
This is a visionary film in the director’s characteristic style: mysterious, dreamlike, gentle, quiet, magical.
— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s films are impenetrable and captivating. Few directors nowadays can so naturally reveal the hidden, mysterious, and surreal dimensions of everyday life, opening a portal to a place where the boundaries between worlds and lives are meaningless.