| Tropical Malady | |
|---|---|
 The French film poster | |
| Directed by | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Written by | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Produced by | Charles de Meaux Axel Moebius |
| Starring | Sakda Kaewbuadee Banlop Lomnoi Sirivech Jareonchon Udom Promma Huai Deesom |
| Cinematography | Jarin Pengpanitch Vichit Tanapanitch Jean-Louis Vialard |
| Edited by | Lee Chatametikool Jacopo Quadri (Editing Advisor) |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | GMM Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
Tropical Malady (สัตว์ประหลาด RTGS: Satpralat; lit. "monster") is a 2004 Thai romantic psychological drama art film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film has a bifurcated structure; it is divided into two segments – the first is a romance between two men, and the second a mysterious tale about a soldier lost in the woods, bedeviled by the spirit of a shaman.
Tropical Malady won the Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and was the first Thai film to be in the main competition at Cannes.[1] It is also the first Thai film to win a prize at one of the "Big Three" film festivals.[2][3]
In 2022, Tropical Malady was ranked the 62nd greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound directors' poll[4] and 95th in their critics' poll.[5] In 2016, it was ranked the 6th greatest LGBT film of all time in the British Film Institute poll.[6]
- ^ "Cannes 2004 > In competition > Sud Pradad". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
- ^ Tropical Malady. Author: Charles Taylor. Publisher: Salon. Published: 1 October 2004. Retrieved: 22 May 2014.
- ^ Film review: Beauty doesn't clarify 'Malady'. Author: Jeff Vice. Publisher: DeseretNews.com Published: 16 Sept 2005. Retrieved: 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Directors' 100 Greatest Films of All Time". BFI. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "The Greatest Films of All Time". BFI. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "The 30 Best LGBTQ+ Films of All Time". BFI. March 15, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2022.