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ANATOMY
OF TIME
a film by Jakrawal Nilthamrong
2021, 118 minutes, Thailand/France/The
Netherlands/Singapore, 1.85, Color, 5.1 Sound, in Thai with
English subtitles
Sales/Festivals: Diversion
(Thailand)
Grand Prize - Best Film
2021 TOKYO FILMeX
"
The
film intertwines different layers of time, the past and the
present of its characters, in an intriguing and highly
challenging way. The
director takes us on a journey, where the real and the
unreal are not opposing each other."
Synopsis:
Two fragments in a woman's life. Maem is a young woman in
1960s rural Thailand. Her clocksmith father imparts his
philosophy onto his daughter, while tensions from the
military dictatorship and communist rebels are rising. She
is courted by two very different young men - a feeble
rickshaw driver who is literally pushed aside by an
ambitious and ruthless army chief. Fifty years later, the
army chief has become a disgraced general. Maem nurses her
abusive husband during his last days and looks back at her
past filled with loss, suffering and joy.
Beyond the nostalgia of Maem's life, ANATOMY OF TIME is
also a tangible interpretation of a generation that is
slowly fading. On one level a deeply felt story of a woman,
and on another, that of a country's tragic past and its
exploited people.
- Paris Coproduction Village
- Asian Project Market, Busan
- Hubert Bals Fund
- Ministry of Culture, Thailand
- Aide aux cinémas du monde
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée
- Institut français
- Netherlands Film Fund
- Purin Pictures
- World Cinema Fund
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Département Charente-Maritime
- Singapore Film Commission
About the Director:
(Photo: Kiatchai Kiatsirikajorn)
Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s work spans from short films,
documentary films to video installations and feature films.
The themes of his work often relate to Eastern philosophy in
contemporary context and local history of specific
environments to establish dialogue among multiple
perspectives. His shorts, documentaries and video
installations include MAN AND GRAVITY, ORCHESTRA, UNREAL
FOREST, IMMORTAL WOMAN (International Film Festival
Rotterdam), INTRANSIT (Toronto International Film Festival)
and STONE CLOUD (Berlinale Forum Expanded). His first
narrative feature film VANISHING POINT won the Hivos Tiger
Award at 2015 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
