Thai Film Archive hosts Clubhouse chat with Memoria crew
published : 13 Jul 2021 at 04:00
Tilda Swinton in Memoria. photo courtesy of Memoria
The Palme d'Or-winning Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with Memoria, his first feature film in more than a decade.
And to get ready for its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Thai Film Archive invites film lovers to join their Clubhouse chat room with the Memoria film crew, including co-producer Cattleya Paosrijareon and assistant director Sompot Chidgasornpongse, who will be talking about their experiences working behind the scenes on Thursday at 8.30pm.
Memoria marks some firsts for Apichatpong. It's his ninth feature and his first shoot outside Thailand. The film is also his first with an internationally recognisable star in Oscar-winning British actor Tilda Swinton. Set in Colombia and mostly featuring the Spanish language, Swinton plays Jessica Holland, a foreign woman on the move through a country suffering from insomnia and a mysterious sensory syndrome as a voice resounds in her head. The cast includes Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz.