Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Join us tonight, Wed, June 29th at 8pm for a Free screening.

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave – the birthplace of his first life.In his signature cinematic style, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker delivers a strange and mystical world of visionary beauty that has garnered him critical praise and the Palme d’Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

REVIEWS

"Spirit, animal, and human worlds coexist in dreamy harmony in this remarkable drama."- Entertainment Weekly"Encountered in an appropriately exploratory frame of mind, it can produce something close to bliss."- The New York Times"I can't pretend to understand the intricacies of the Buddhist belief system that informs the surreal story, or the fantasy system in which Boonmee, embodying Thailand, recalls his nation's history and shimmering myths. Yet no effort of understanding is needed to be moved by Boonmee's descent into a limestone cave shaped like a womb."- Wall Street Journal"A work of unostentatious beauty and uncloying sweetness, at once sophisticated and artless, mysterious and matter-of-fact, cosmic and humble, it asks only a measure of Boonmeevian acceptance: The movie doesn't mean anything-it simply is."- Village Voice "As Joe blurs the line between reality and the supernatural, his haunting and hypnotic film exerts a hold you don't want to break. It's a beauty."- Rolling Stone