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Nantarat Sawaddikul,
Nantarat Sawaddikul,
Jaruchai Iamaram,
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Suchada Sirithanawuddhi,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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: Not Rated
: Strand Releasing
: Drama, Foreign, Romance, Southeast Asia
: 105 min.
: Thai
: English
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The real-life love story between filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents inspired this romantic drama which follows three separate stories occurring over a span of forty years. First, a shy but charming young doctor has just started working at a hospital in Bangkok, and he soon becomes deeply infatuated with a female surgeon on the staff. However, he has a rival for her affections, as she has feelings for a man who grows and sells orchids. Later, a monk comes to the same hospital for an appointment with a female oral surgeon; over the course of the visit, the two discover they have a powerful chemistry, which may be love or could represent a deep level of spiritual communication. Finally, a new intern on the hospital's staff finds it difficult to deal with the prying minds of the administrative staff and he escapes into the outer reaches of the hospital, only to discover a forgotten wing of patients suffering from a variety of unusual maladies. Starring Nantarat Sawaddikul, Sophon Pukanok and Jaruchai Iamaram, Sang Sattawat (aka Syndromes and a Century) received its world premiere at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Perfect antidote to Hollywood steroids
by shiftless
May 10, 2009 - 12:03 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| Beautiful, mysterious, romantic and initially confusing. I cannot get over how amazingly gorgeous every shot in this film was. Makes me wish for Blu-ray and hi-def. Some will be bored by the pacing and lack of "plot" but I really enjoyed this. The old monk in each story was hilarious, and the little bits of humor like this that peppered the scenes was perfection. Big screen, quiet night, go for it. |
| don't bother
by WZoller
February 7, 2008 - 3:22 PM PST
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1 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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| slow moving; repetitive; didn't really go anywhere. |
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