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Syndromes and a Century is a thailandais film of genre Drama directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul released in USA on 31 october 2006 with Jenjira Pongpas

Syndromes and a Century (2006)

S̄æng ṣ̄atawǎat

Syndromes and a Century
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Released in USA 31 october 2006
Length 1h45
OriginThailande
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating72% 3.643563.643563.643563.643563.64356

Syndromes and a Century (Thai: แสงศตวรรษ S̄æng ṣ̄atawǎat, literally Light of the Century) is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It premiered on August 30, 2006 at the 63rd Venice Film Festival.

The film is a tribute to the director's parents and is divided into two parts, with the characters and dialogue in the second half essentially the same as the first, but the settings and outcome of the stories different. The first part is set in a hospital in rural Thailand, while the second half is set in a Bangkok medical center. "The film is about transformation, about how people transform themselves for the better", Apichatpong said in an interview.

In Thailand, Syndromes and a Century became controversial after the Board of Censors demanded that four scenes be cut in order for the film to be shown commercially. The director refused to cut the film and withdrew it from domestic release. Since then, the director had agreed to a limited showing in Thailand where the cut scenes were replaced with a black screen to protest and inform the public about the issues of censorship.

Synopsis

Portrait contemporain critique sociologique de la modernisation de la Thaïlande et des syndromes du siècle, à travers les souvenirs d'enfance du réalisateur dans le monde des hôpitaux de ses parents tous deux médecins :

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Jenjira Pongpas
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