Luminous people
2007
INTERNATIONAL INVITATION
Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand|2007|Fiction|Beta|Color|15min 22sec|SUBTITLE:KOREAN
SYNOPSIS
A group of people is in a boat traveling along Mekong River that stretches along the Thai-Laos border. They are running against the wind, anticipating a farewell. In the middle of the river, the lady head of the family casts the ashes off into the stream. The white dust merges with the muddy water. The boat makes a u-turn at the bridge that links two countries. The passengers are tired and start to drift off into their own world. The film disintegrates. The crew and the cast wander off in the river of simulation. The border links the worlds of the dead and of the living. The memory of an anonymous dead father lingers. The boat still moves on as the dusk arrives.
DIRECTOR

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born July 16, 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer. His feature films include Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there.
Long Film
2000 < Mysterious Object at Noon >
2002 < Blissfully Yours >
2003 < The Adventure of Iron Pussy >
2004 < Tropical Malady >
2006 < Syndromes and a Century >
Short Film
1994 < 0116643225059 >
1995 < Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves >
1997 < Thirdworld >
1999 < Malee and the Boy >
1999 < Windows >
2000 < Boys at Noon >
2001 < Haunted Houses Project: Thailand >
2001 < Narratives >
2001 < Secret Love Affair >
2002 < Golden Ship >
2002 < Second Love in Hong Kong >
2003 < 46664 >
2004 < It is Possible That only Your Heart is Not Enough to Find You a True Love >
2004 < GRAF >
2005 < Ghost of Asia >
2005 < Worldy Desires >
2006 < The Anthem >
2006 < FAITH >
2006 < Waterfall >
2007 < Unknown Forces >
2007 < My Mother's Garden >
2007 < Luminous People >