Blissfully Yours
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Blissfully Thai
Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. 2002. 125 min. 35mm. English subtitles.
Set in a small town and a jungle near the Burmese border, Blissfully Yours follows a young Thai woman and her Burmese boyfriend, an illegal immigrant, on an afternoon of blissful interlude. Though peaceful and calm on the surface, the lovers and a middle-aged woman who joins them, and the jungle itself, embody hidden conflicts. With the opening credits leisurely appearing 45 minutes into the film, this early work by Cannes Palme d'Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul offers a meditative journey into a world of nature and manmade conflicts.
Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film Festival 2002
KNF Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2003
"A delicate, ethereal dream of a film." — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
"Poetic and rhythmically confident, Blissfully Yours is a subtle seduction." — John Anderson, Newsday
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970) was born in Bangkok and grew up in Khon Kaen in northeast Thailand. He holds a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He began making film and video shorts in 1994, and completed his first feature in 2000. His art projects and feature films have won him widespread international recognition and numerous festival prizes, most notably the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010). Director Filmography (features): Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), Syndromes and a Century (2006), Tropical Malady (2004), The Adventures of Iron Pussy (2003), Blissfully Yours (2002), Mysterious Object at Noon (2000).
Check out book James Quandt ed. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (SYNEMA, Vienna 2009) here.
This series is presented by Asia Society in association with Cineaste.
Major support for this film series is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Thai-US Partnership Program of Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Thai Artists Alliance.
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