Tropical Malady
Alternate/Foreign Title: Sud Pralad [Original title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2005-11-01
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stars: Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Sirivech Jareonchon, Udom Promma, Huai Deesom
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: One of Thailand's leading experimental filmmakers, Apichatpong Weerasethakul directed this ambitious examination of fear and desire. Keng (Banlop Lomnoi) is a soldier who has been assigned duty as a forest ranger in the woodlands of the country. While on duty, he meets a young man named Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee); Keng becomes deeply infatuated with Tong, but while Tong is friendly with Keng, he is obviously unwilling to respond to his romantic overtures. As Keng deals with his disappointment, he learns that a number of animals and villagers have fallen victim to a vicious predator who may be a tiger or a shape-shifting shaman. Keng gathers his courage and begins tracking the beast, which alternately resembles a jungle cat and his friend Tong.
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