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Nymph

A Window on Asian Cinema

Crime/Violence · Suspense/Mystery · Spirituality  

  • CountryThailand
  • Production Year2009
  • Running Time94min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
This seems to be a story about ghosts, but it’s more of a mystery. In this film, forests hold a special meaning. Once upon a time, a woman was attacked by two men in a forest, and the two men were killed. No one knows who killed them. The forest forever keeps its silence. Nop, a photographer, comes to this forest to take pictures but goes missing. His wife May returns home in despair, but finds her husband at home, acting as though nothing has ever happened. However, he does not seem to be the same Nop as before. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang wants to relay the message that we live in a world along with spirits, yet can’t always perceive this fact. The panning of the camera with the languid movements of someone waking up from a nap creates a unique atmosphere in this film. It is scary on one hand, but on the other hand, it’s as warm and snug as a mother’s hug. The forest is, after all, not a space for evil spirits, but a place that heals pain. (KIM Ji-Seok)
Director
Pen-ek RATANARUANG
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is from Bangkok, Thailand. He studied in New York at the Pratt Institute. He is one of the handful of directors who have helped to reinvent the Thai film industry since its slump in the 1990s, and has pioneered both the trend of looking back at retro Thai pop culture for inspiration and the expansion of Thai cinema. His latest film, [Nymph], had its world premiere in Cannes 2009.
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  • Director Pen-ek RATANARUANG 페넥 라타나루앙
  • Producer Saksiri CHANTARANGSRI, Wouter BARENDRECHT, Michael J. WERNER
  • Cast Wanida TERMTHANAPORN, Napachai JAYANAMA, Chamanun WANWINWASARA, Phorntip PARANAI
  • Screenplay Pen-Ek RATANARUANG
  • Cinematography Charnkit CHAMNIVIKAIPONG
  • Production Design Saksiri CHANTARANGSRI
  • Editor Patamanadda YUKOL
  • Sound SHIMIZU Koichi, Akritchalerm KALAYANAMITR
  • Production Company Five Star Production Co., Ltd.
    61/1 Soi Thaweemitr 2, Rama 9 Rd., Huaykwang, Bangkok 10320 Thailand
     amy@fivestarent.com

  • World Sales Fortissimo Films
    Van Diemenstraat 100, Amsterdam 1013 CN Netherlands
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