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Synopsis: Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents who were both doctors, and director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
Genre: Drama
Production: Strand Releasing
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Year:
2006
105 min
613 Views


smile, your smile makes me happy

smile just once more

Just a glance, I'm standing here

Waiting for your smile

Just a simple smile from you

Teeth, so clean and white

lickering in the shadows,

shining in my heart

To you no one compares

Please brighten me with your smile

smile and it will be mine

Please brighten me with your smile

Can you feel me smiling back?

Love is the answer

Love and concern

The tenderness of your smile

Inspires me as always

My guitarist

smile, your smile makes me happy

smile just once more

Thank you very much

Thank you very much

A round of applause for Ant

Let's bring him upfront

He wrote the music on all my albums

Give him a big hand

I wanted to watch you sing,

but I couldn't go, it's not proper

Why not? The fair was at the temple

There are too many people

When I saw you walking up,

I almost didn't recognise you

My green jacket must blend in!

The nurses didn't remember me either

Really?

You've never worn this outfit here?

No, I'm afraid I'll run into patients

Brother, do you feel that...

...maybe we knew each other

in a past life?

I don't think so

You remind me of my dead brother

When I was 8 years old...

...I was naughty, as boys are

Climbing trees to pick mangoes

and such

One day, my brother was

too scared to climb the trees...

...but I forced him...

...and he fell and died

I feel wrong to this very day

Are you my brother reincarnated?

It can't be

I wasn't human in my past life

I just want the chance to apologise

To your brother?

- Yes

- I'm not your brother

Because in my last life I was...

It was my brother's

- A horse?

- Yes

I'd like you to have it

I can't accept it

It's not mine.

Save it for your real brother...

...when you see him

My brother is already dead

Well, then...

will you accept this instead?

What is it?

My new album

For me?

It doesn't look like you

It hasn't gone on sale yet

'I Could Only Look'

This is your real name?

Yes

Normally, I sing about teeth and gums...

...but this album is all love songs

But I don't own a CD player

I'll present one as an offering

That's OK. I'll borrow the abbot's,

he has one

Tohng!

Dr Ple, follow me

Where are you going?

You also majored in Pharmacy?

Only for two years

Then I studied medicine for four more

Did you find the army base boring?

Not exactly, but I felt

I'd be more useful here

Why did you decide to study medicine?

A pharmacist is stuck

in the pharmacy all day

- Did you follow your friends?

- No

- Did you consult your parents?

- No

- So you wanted to switch majors?

- Yes

How would you describe yourself?

I'd say I'm a cheerful person

Why do you think you're cheerful?

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul (born July 16, 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there; and Cemetery of Splendour, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Weerasethakul has received numerous additional accolades, including the 2016 Principal Prince Claus Award. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films display a preference for unconventional narrative structures (like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film) and for working with non-actors. Cinephiles affectionately refer to him as "Joe" (a nickname that he, like many with similarly long Thai names, has adopted out of convenience). more…

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