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Memoria (2021)

Memoria poster
Directed by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genre
drama film
Country
Thailand, Qatar, Colombia, Germany
Runtime
2h 16m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 278 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Colombia is disturbed by a strange sound that no one else can hear. She searches for its source, meeting different people along the way.

slow-burnmeditativemysteriousquietdreamlikeunsettlinghypnoticcontemplative

What happens

Memoria (stylized as məmorᴉa) is a 2021 drama mystery film written, directed and co-produced by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, starring Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego and Daniel Giménez Cacho. It is a notable entry into the modern slow cinema genre. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 15 July 2021, and was given a very limited theatrical release in the United States from 26 December 2021. It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, though it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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