Tropical Malady

Looks like someone's been reading structuralist film theory. A soldier has a sweet, tentative romance with a local boy, then a mythic jungle tale about a shaman and a tiger unfolds. It might test your patience, but at least it’s pretty.

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul directed Tropical Malady in 2004. See Apichatpong Weerasethakul's full filmography, where to start with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, or where to go after you've seen everything by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Tropical Malady was released in 2004 (TH original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.