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It is a film in two segments. The first one tells the story of Keng, a soldier assigned to a post in a small city in rural Thailand. The troops' main duties is to investigate the mysterious slaying of cattle at local farms. While in the field one day, Keng meets Tong. Later, Keng sees Tong riding in a truck in town. The two men have made a connection and embark on a romance, taking trips in the countryside. Then one night, the country boy wanders off into the dark. The film's narrative abruptly shifts to a different story, about a soldier sent alone into the woods to find a lost villager. In the woods, the soldier encounters the spirit of a tiger shaman, who taunts and bedevils the soldier, causing him to run through the woods and become lost and isolated. Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: Thailand
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Oct 2, 2004
  • Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.
  • Score: 6.8 (scored by 86 users)
  • Ranked: #97499
  • Popularity: #14798
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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jiritwist
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Nov 18, 2023
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Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
A difficult film to perceive and accept what the creators, especially the director, wanted to say. Using cinematic-mystical images in the second half, he travels a lot to other dimensions, but no matter how hard I tried, this time, unlike other similar projects, the film did not touch me so much, although the film also collected some awards at various thematic film festivals. Overall, I rate 60% (it is interesting that at ČSFD I agree with the local pre-evaluator - three stars, with 60%, here at GT he already rates the same film much worse, below average).



Obtížný film na vnímání a přijetí toho, co tím chtěli tvůrci, především režisér říci. Pomocí filmově-mystických obrazů ve druhé půli zajíždí hodně do jiných dimenzí, ale ač jsem se snažil, tentokrát se mě, na rozdíl od jiných podobných projektů, snímek nedotkl tolik, ač sbíral film i nějaká ocenění na různých tématických filmových festivalech. Celkově hodnotím 60% (je zajímavé, že na ČSFD se s 60% shoduji se zdejším předhodnotitelem-tři hvězdy, zde na GT už hodnotí stejný film daleko hůře, podprůměrně).

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  • Movie: Tropical Malady
  • Country: Thailand
  • Release Date: Oct 2, 2004
  • Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 6.8 (scored by 86 users)
  • Ranked: #97499
  • Popularity: #14798
  • Watchers: 358

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