MEMORIA (2021)
Drama  |  Language: English, Spanish  |  Subtitles: English  |  Status: Completed

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'Memoria', by Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul, explores the colonial history and the fear generated by collective memory, and promises to be typically playful and oblique.

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​SYNOPSIS

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From the extraordinary mind of Palme d'Or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 'Memoria' stars Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton as Jessica Holland, who, after hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
 

She experiences auditory hallucinations and tries to find the sources of the sounds causing her insomnia. Soon, she begins to confront the unsettling sights and sounds that call her identity into question.

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CAST & CREW

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Stars - Tilda Swinton, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jeanne Balibar 

Director - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Screenplay - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Producers - Roy Azout, Joslyn Barnes, Diana Bustamante, Andrés Calderón, Julio Chavezmontes, Charles de Meaux, Caroleen Feeney, Simon Field, Viola Fügen, Danny Glover, Keith Griffiths, Sebastián Hofmann, Zhangke Jia, Andreas Roald, Susan Rockefeller, Soros Sukhum, Tilda Swinton, Maxx Tsai, Michael Weber, Dan Wechsler, Meng Xie, Jamal Zeinal Zade

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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

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Cannes Film Festival - 2021
Winner - Jury Prize

Nominee - Palme d'Or

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PRESS QUOTES

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★★★★★

"Memoria is a beautiful and mysterious movie... an out-of-body experience... Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tilda Swinton make a dream team." THE GUARDIAN

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★★★★

"From Memoria's attention-grabbing opening onwards, Apichatpong's latest feature proves to be by far his most accessible." DAILY TELEGRAPH

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★★★★★

"Astonishing and captivating" FILMUFORIA

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"Tilda Swinton is extraordinary" LITTLE WHITE LIES

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"Entrancing and wonderfully perplexing" SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul grew up in Khon Kaen in north-eastern Thailand. He began making film and video shorts in 1994, and completed his first feature in 2000. He has also created exhibitions and installations in many countries.

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Often non-linear, with a strong sense of dislocation, his works deal with memory, subtly addressing personal politics and social issues. His art projects and feature films have won him widespread recognition and numerous festival prizes, including two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, such as the Special Jury Prize in 2004 for 'Tropical Malady' and the Palme d’Or in 2010 for 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'.