Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s sophomore feature film could have easily been called something like “The Anatomy of Silence” since dialogues appear only scarcely, and when they do, they don’t contribute much to the film’s plot with only one lonely exception. When we are finally faced with a longish conversation between the father and daughter in which the world religions are being discussed, it doesn’t even matter that the man doesn’t get all facts right (Christians believe in Jehova) because he makes a point about the humankind being stuck in its systems of beliefs regardless of race, nation or religion. It’s a scene that bears a huge importance for the storyline, because being stuck is what the young woman Maem (Prapamonton Eiamchan) listening to her father, will eventually be.
“Anatomy of Time” Screened at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
“Wela-Anatomy of Silence” is a film that relies...
“Anatomy of Time” Screened at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
“Wela-Anatomy of Silence” is a film that relies...
- 11/23/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s sophomore feature film could have easily been called something like “The Anatomy of Silence” since dialogues appear only scarcely, and when they do, they don’t contribute much to the film’s plot with only one lonely exception. When we are finally faced with a longish conversation between the father and daughter in which the world religions are being discussed, it doesn’t even matter that the man doesn’t get all facts right (Christians believe in Jehova) because he makes a point about the humankind being stuck in its systems of beliefs regardless of race, nation or religion. It’s a scene that bears a huge importance for the storyline, because being stuck is what the young woman Maem (Prapamonton Eiamchan) listening to her father, will eventually be.
“Wela-Anatomy of Silence” is a film that relies on the performance of its four principal actors playing an...
“Wela-Anatomy of Silence” is a film that relies on the performance of its four principal actors playing an...
- 9/17/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
When the Thai actress Prapamonton Eiamchan got her first role in Prabda Yoon’s entangled, but visually strong live-action movie “Motel Mist” in 2016, she was a design student curious to experience something new. Five years and three other feature films later, she is on her way to become a star. With her latest role in Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s drama “Wela-Anatomy of Time” which has just had its world premiere in Orizzonti competition of Venice Film Festival, she proves to be the name to watch for.
The film focuses on one woman whose loyalty to a rough husband with dark past at first seems incomprehensible. We experience Maem borh as a young person (Eimchan) and as the elderly lady (Thaveeratana Leelanuja) in different phases of submission to the man she fell for, and while she mainly remains silent, her actions are louder than vocalized thoughts or emotions, although difficult to explain.
The film focuses on one woman whose loyalty to a rough husband with dark past at first seems incomprehensible. We experience Maem borh as a young person (Eimchan) and as the elderly lady (Thaveeratana Leelanuja) in different phases of submission to the man she fell for, and while she mainly remains silent, her actions are louder than vocalized thoughts or emotions, although difficult to explain.
- 9/17/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Scriptwriter of “Last Life in the Universe”, Prabda Yoon’s feature debut is a film equally unorthodox, through a genre mash-up that seems to focus more on style than context.
Motel Mist is available from Raintrail Pictures
A love motel on the outskirts of Bangkok called Motel Mistress becomes the central location for five people whose lives eventually intertwine in the most unexpected fashion, along with Nid, the mother of a now disappeared celebrity, who describes her son’s, Tul, obsession with aliens on TV. Sopol, a middle-aged father-like figure picks up a young girl, Laila, from school, only to indulge in his intense S&m fetishes in room number 7, his custom-made erotic chamber. The aforementioned Tul eventually also arrives in the same hotel, insisting for room 5, even paying a large amount of money to get, only to paint it black in order to communicate with aliens. Tot, the motel attendant,...
Motel Mist is available from Raintrail Pictures
A love motel on the outskirts of Bangkok called Motel Mistress becomes the central location for five people whose lives eventually intertwine in the most unexpected fashion, along with Nid, the mother of a now disappeared celebrity, who describes her son’s, Tul, obsession with aliens on TV. Sopol, a middle-aged father-like figure picks up a young girl, Laila, from school, only to indulge in his intense S&m fetishes in room number 7, his custom-made erotic chamber. The aforementioned Tul eventually also arrives in the same hotel, insisting for room 5, even paying a large amount of money to get, only to paint it black in order to communicate with aliens. Tot, the motel attendant,...
- 1/17/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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