If you loved Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, try Tropical Malady

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Tropical Malady has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010 · dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Tropical Malady

2004 · dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

What they share

Both films are directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and they both carry the atmospheric, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

atmosphericforeign gem

What Tropical Malady is

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.

If you loved Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, try Tropical Malady

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Tropical Malady

What they share

What Tropical Malady is

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