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19 January 2019
TROPICAL MALADY (Film) (TROPICAL MALADY (SUD PRALAD))
by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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original title:
TROPICAL MALADY (SUD PRALAD)
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
producer:
production:
Downtown Pictures, Rai Cinema, Fabrica, Istituto Luce, Anna Sanders Films (Paris), Kick the Machine (Thailand), Thoke Moebius Filmcompany (Germany)
world sales:
country:
Italy/Thailand/France/Germany
year:
2004
film run:
120'
format:
colour
release date:
29/04/2005
festivals & awards:
- Anonimul 2005: In Competition
- BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival 2005: Rewind
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2005: Consagrados
- Durban International Film Festival 2005: Panorama
- FebioFest 2005: Asia Panorama
- Istanbul Film Festival 2005: Mined Zone
- Mexico City's International Contemporary Film Festival 2005: Panorama
- Natfilm Festivalen 2005: Panorama
- Palm Springs International Film Festival 2005: Section: World
- Seattle International Film Festival 2005: Contemporary World Cinema
- Singapore International Film Festival 2005: Asian Cinema
- Visions du Reel 2005: Ateliers Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- BFI London Film Festival 2004: World Cinema
- Busan International Film Festival 2004: A Window on Asian Cinema
- Cape Town International Film Market & Festival 2004: World Cinema
- Chicago International Film Festival 2004: International Competition GLBT
- Festival de Cannes 2004: Jury Award (ex-aequo)
- Festival do Rio 2004: Panorama World Cinema
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2004: International Selection
- New York Film Festival 2004: In Competition
- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2004: Visions
- Tokyo FilmEx 2004: Best Feature Film Award
- Viennale 2004: Panorama
In Tropical Malady, the horror story disguises a disturbing sexual political agenda. The film explores the passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences.
