SUN APRIL 24, 2022 7:30 PM TROPICAL MALADY / UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Aero Theatre | Apichatpong Weerasethakul Retrospective Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: TROPICAL MALADY, 2004, Strand Releasing, 125 min. Thailand, Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, TROPICAL MALADY chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy’s sudden disappearance. Local legends claim the boy was transformed into a mythic wild beast, and the soldier journeys alone into the heart of the Thai jungle in search of him. FORMAT: 35mm collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES, 2010, Strand Releasing, 114 min. Thailand, Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Winner of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES is a unique tale of a man embracing life’s greatest mystery. Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave – the birthplace of his first life. FORMAT: 35mm