My Mother’s Gorden

2007

INTERNATIONAL INVITATION

Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand | 2007 | Fiction | HD(BETA) | Color | 7min

SYNOPSIS

The film is an impression of a Jewelry collection by Victoire de Castellane. The pieces in the collection are inspired by various types of dangerous flowers and carnivorous plants. Each piece has a hidden mechanical movement. Most of the film’s image comprise of extreme close-up shots of the jewelries. The film is also a tribute to a garden of the filmmaker’s mother, with wild orchid’s roots, bugs and various organisms.

DIRECTOR
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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 >
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