Malila: The Farewell Flower

Malila: The Farewell Flower

มะลิลา

Academy Awards 2019 - Foreign Language Film Thailand Entry. Thailand National Film Association Awards 2019 - 7 Awards Including Best Picture. A visual poetry of life of a couple combined with a... More
1h36m Thailand 2017
18+
Subtitles
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Tags
Gay Break-Up Lust Religion Thailand Movies

Synopsis

Academy Awards 2019 - Foreign Language Film Thailand Entry. Thailand National Film Association Awards 2019 - 7 Awards Including Best Picture.

A visual poetry of life of a couple combined with a traditional Thai Bai Sri art and Buddhist philosophy. Pitch and Shane, who once were lovers, are trying to heal the pain of their contemporary lives by reviving their old romance through the fabricating of the traditional Thai ornament which is made of leaves and flowers and symbolizes love and virtue. When Shane finds out that Pich is dying, he decides to be a monk forever.

"A film dedicated to the simultaneous beauty and cruelty of impermanence..."-Guy Lodge, Variety

Details

Country
Thailand
Language
Thai
Director
Anucha Boonyawatana
Cast
Sukollawat KanarotAnuchit SapanpongSumret Muengput
Awards & Selections
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2017 - NETPAC Award, Busan International Film Festival 2017 - Kim Jiseok Award, Singapore International Film Festival 2017 - Silver Screen Award for Best Director, Thailand National Film Association Awards 2019 - 7 Awards Including Best Pictur
Review
A sensitive spiritual drama that unusually fuses gay romance with Buddhist healing

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