Fresh
Given the cultural boundaries, there is much in the film that we may never fully grasp, but the less we're told, the more were sucked in by the film's hypnotic, ever-expanding aura of mystery.
Scott Marks, San Diego Reader
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · 2h 2m · Unrated
Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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.
Director and cast
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul Director
- Jenjira Pongpas as Jen
- Banlop Lomnoi as Itt
- Jarinpattra Rueangram as Keng
- Petcharat Chaiburi as Nurse Tet
- Tawatchai Buawat as Meditation Instructor
- Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw as Goddess #1
- Bhattaratorn Senkraigul as Goddess #2
- Sakda Kaewbuadee as Tong
- Pongsadhorn Lertsukon as Library Director
- Sasipim Piwansenee as Cream Hostess
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you haven't seen a Weerasethakul film yet, here's a good opportunity, but leave your expectations at the door. There's no one like him.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The point seems to be a sort of symbolic political wake-up call for a nation where modern life takes a very long time to arrive.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
The actors seem to be miles from the cameras.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
An enchanting interpretation of where our sleeping and waking minds wander.
Julia Cooper, Globe and Mail
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