THAILAND · 2009

Primitive

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thai Slow Cinema thai folklore border towns science fiction ghost stories local history
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A series of short films in which the history of the Thai border town of Nabua is re-imagined as an elusive science fiction ghost story rooted in Thai folklore.

Year2009
CountryThailand
DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul
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