Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Original title

ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร

Directed by

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Genre

documentary film

Country

Thailand

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Thai documentary uses a game of telephone to build a surreal story. The director asks people in everyday settings to continue a tale started by someone else. The film blends real life and fiction as the story is passed from one person to the next.

contemplativeimprovisationalexperimentalslow-pacedfragmentedeverydayintimatedocu-fictionplayful

What happens

Mysterious Object at Noon (Thai: ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร, or RTGS: Dokfa Nai Meu Man, lit. 'Flower of the Heaven (High-Class Woman) in the Devil's Hand') is a 2000 Thai experimental documentary film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul in his feature directorial debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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