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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Ditchling Film Society: Uncle Boonmee

Our February film will be screened on Thursday, 2 February 2012, and is entitled Uncle Boonmee (full title: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives).

Uncle Boonmee is a middle aged farmer living up in the rural hills in Thailand. Sadly he is dying of a kidney disease and the film centres on the last days of his life. Together with his loved ones, including the ghost of his dead wife and his lost son who has returned in a non-human form, Boonmee explores his past lifes as he contemplates the reasons for his illness.

Dir: A Weerasethakul. Thai 2010 114 mins.

The film will be shown in Ditchling Village Hall. Films are at 8.00 pm. Doors open at 7.30 pm. Free coffee and biscuits beforehand and ample free parking behind the hall. Guests and temporary members are welcome for a small charge payable at the door.

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